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Thursday 10 September 2009

Cocktail Hour: Elderflower Martini

Everyone keeps telling me just how brilliant elderflower is. But to me, it's a bit like drinking perfume - the flowery scent and taste is just a bit too flowery for me, I guess. But, you guys seem to like it, so in a bid to convince myself it's really rather tasty I might whip up this elderflower martini. Fresh, light, and just enough summery feeling to keep you smiling through September.

You'll need these things:
  • 25ml Elderflower cordial
  • 25ml Hendricks gin (because it tastes better with cucumber, but you could use any gin really)
  • 25ml dry vermouth
  • Juice of a lime
  • Cucumber
And you'll need to do these things:

Combine everything into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake about. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with a wedge of cucumber. Try and convince yourself you're not drinking perfume.

How do you guys feel about elderflower? Yummy? Or like eating flowers?

Flickr image from Daniel Cruz Valle's photostream.

2 comments:

  1. There is a flowery-ness to it, much like there is with mango, and it can get a bit much at times but I love it! I just wish it wasn't so expensive!

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  2. It's the flowery-ness that I'm just not sure about. It's well, like eating flowers.

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