It's elderflower cordial season once again! There seem to be as many uses for elderflower cordial/champagne as recipes. Apart from adding a splash to fruit sorbets and tarts, it can be added to a vinaigrette dressing, cake batters and apparently is delicious with chicken breasts. The Cordial is ideal for warm summer days & the Champaign, which is normally ready for Christmas. After being introduced to elderflower champagne some five years ago I was determined to and in fact managed to make my own and so could you! Every spring I set out to go picking Elderflowers, you should pick heads from higher branches if possible. Before you pick your flowers, make syrup to your taste. Bring the water to boil, dissolve the sugar and reduce the mix into syrup. Allow the syrup to cool. You will also need lemons & if you want figs or another fruit & citric acid. Shake the elderflowers to expel any lingering insects and remove and drop the flowers into the cooled sy