Elderflower & Spruce Lemonade

In this video I show you how I make the new spruce and elderflower welcome drink. I'll also include the recipe bellow & you could choose to make this replacing the spruce infusion with apple juice if you have missed the chance to collect or don't feel confident collecting spruce tips.
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RECIPE
For the Finished Drink -
140g Spruce syrup (see below)
80g Osmanthus syrup (see below)
60g Elderflower Verjus (see below)
20g lemon juice
520g Water
Combine all ingredients together, carbonate if desired, then chill until ready to serve .
New Spruceade Osmanthus infusion -
2.5g Osmanthus Flowers
250g sugar
250g water
Zest 2 lemon
Mix and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Spruce Tip Syrup
50g spruce tips
100g Sugar
100g water
Blend well and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Elderflower Verjus -
Fresh Elderflower
Verjus
Mix and cold infuse overnight then strain.
Dandelion Foam -
600g Dandelion Infusion (see below)
0.4g Easywhip
Dandelion Infusion -
650g Caster sugar
1300g Water
39g Citric acid
Juice and zest of 5 lemons
100g Picked Dandelion Petals
Pick the yellow petals from the dandelion heads (this is laborious but necessary).
Combine the sugar, citric acid, water, lemon sets and juice and bring to a simmer.
Allow this to cool
Add the petals to the cooled liquid and allow to infuse at room temperature for two days, then strain and bottle or freeze the cordial.
Video Timestamps -
00:00 Introduction
1:04 Elderflower Verjus
2:53 Spruce Infusion
3:30 Osmanthus Flower Infusion
4:14 Making the drink
5:30 Carbonating the drink
6:02 Dandelion petal foam
7:39 Serving the drink

[@jednewman430]

The quality of these videos is through the roof, excellent work man

[@EddieShepherd]

Thanks so much 😃

[@fridtjofagnalt7344]

This looks delicious, you attention to detail is stunning, great job dude!

[@EddieShepherd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@miaohmya92]

Your video are always peaceful, refreshing and with simple brilliance. Your work also inspires me to try new things and I appreciate so much you have such ability to appreciate small things in life and share. Best to you!

[@EddieShepherd]

Thank you so much, what a lovely compliment

[@miaohmya92]

@@EddieShepherd Truly you can be famous, you should invite someone like Ramsey. Of course that may conflict with simple approach to life. But you offer the genuinely unique.

[@stamasd8500]

Dipping into traditional Balkan ingredients, I see... :) In case you didn't know (though likely you do) elderflower lemonade is regularly made in the northern Balkans in summer, though in a different manner than yours: elderflowers, water, sugar and a slice or two of lemon, then let it ferment in a warm place for 1-2 days to make it bubbly and slightly alcoholic. And spruce syrup is also traditional over there, made very similarly to your procedure though I prefer to use honey instead of sugar. Try it with honey, you may find it better.

[@Nyppaa]

Have you thought of drying the dandelions to point where petals detach by shaking or would it effect the freshness part of the dandelions? Picking petals by hand seems like Noma internship level of tedious

[@EddieShepherd]

With the dandelions the flavour is so delicate that drying / heating would substantially affect it. But it’s okay it’s not too bad of a job, It takes a couple of hours so I can even put on a film in the background while I’m doing it