Not knowing last weekend how much I had to pick to get 1 lb of elderberries for my catsup, I ended up picking far too many.
On Tuesday I put what I didn't need into the garden to rot down and then started speaking to Piers, my neighbour, over the fence. Piers told me of another neighbour, Len, who has a simple recipe for a fruit liqueur - one part fruit, 2 parts sugar, 3 parts spirit. We agreed that an elderberry liqueur would likely be very nice. Shame I'd just chucked so many berries away!
Weather forecast good for this weekend, so will see if I can get a few more elderberries and make a little. I will also try.to get some blackberries for a last crumble before the devil pisses on them, which is reputed to do at the end of the month!
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