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This is an attempt to document my efforts to grow and eat locally around Melbourne, Derbyshire. My family own a nine acre smallholding on which we grow fruit and vegetables and keep bees, and chickens, but that won't feed us alone, so the idea is to get to know our local produce and to see how easy/hard it is to follow a diet that is local to within 30 miles. The fun part is also trying some new (easy) recipes that use home-grown and local produce. Feel free to comment, send in recipes, and share your experiences of buying and eating locally.

Monday 8 July 2013

Elderflower champagne


Use empty plastic water bottles, which should be sterile.

 
36 elderflower heads

1 lemon

680g caster sugar or granulated sugar works fine too

2tbsp white wine vinegar

4.5 litres water

 

Make sure there are as few insects as possible on your elderflowers. 

 
Put them in a clean bucket along with the juice of the lemon, its rind without any pith, sugar and vinegar.

Add the cold water and leave 24 hours.

 
Stir from time to time to dissolve sugar.

 
Strain through muslin into sterilised bottles.  Screw on tops.

 

Leave 2 weeks.  Check fizziness and let off excess build-up.
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  1. Unknown9 July 2013 at 01:02

    I also like work in own to grow fruit and vegetables in our garden. I use these vegetable and fruits for fresh juice. Noni juice is my favorite juice. I prefer noni juice rather than other drinks.


    Regards,
    Tahitian Noni Juice

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