They are only available a few weeks a year: elderflowers. You probably know the popular syrup made from aromatic flowers, don’t you? But many more delicious dishes can be prepared from elderberry – we have put together the ten best for you here. We wish you lots of fun cooking and bon appétit!
It’s finally here, the elderflower season! We have put together our ten favorite recipes with elderflowers for you – try them out and see the diversity of the beautiful flowers for yourself.
1. Fried elderflowers
The delicacy, also known as “Hollerküchle”, gets a very special aroma from the fragrant flowers. Additional plus point: The spring-like creation is ready in just 20 minutes and spreads a pure summer mood!
Thanks to their essential oils, elderflowers can help with respiratory infections, dry coughs, or feverish colds. When walking in rural areas, always have a pair of scissors ready to harvest the umbels fresh.
2. Elderberry Lemonade
Ordinary lemonade is too boring for you? Then you should definitely try this aromatic variant with a delicious elderberry-lemon flavor! Served in a large carafe and refined with fresh lemon slices and elderflowers, the summer refreshment not only tastes even better but also looks fantastic!
3. Strawberry Elderflower Jam
Spring enjoyment in a double pack! Sweet strawberries and delicious elderflowers make this spread a very special treat: the strawberry elderflower jam. With only four ingredients and a little patience, this fruity spread is soon ready and will become the new star on your breakfast table, with fresh pastries, or at a picnic.
4. Elderflower Yoghurt Ice Cream
When the days get warmer again, cool ice cream is always a welcome refreshment. And if the sweet delicacy is then refined with elderflower and yogurt, all the better!
The around 139 calories per portion are also impressive and make it possible to treat yourself without a guilty conscience. If you already have your elderflower syrup ready, you can use 125 milliliters instead of the fresh flower liquid.
5. Elderflower Cake
In this recipe, the fluffy little cake is refined with delicious elderflowers and served with a fruity strawberry sauce. A light dessert that tastes even better with 263 calories per serving. The elderflower cake scores particularly well with a large number of vitamins it contains: including, for example, biotin, which stimulates the metabolism.
6. Elderflower Jelly
Would you like to enjoy the delicious taste of fresh elderflowers all year round? Then simply preserve the spring blossoms in the form of this delicious jelly! The creation is rounded off with delicately flaked almonds and sour lime. For a fresh kick, simply add some chopped lemon balm to the jelly.
7. Elderflower syrup
The sweet liquid is the classic when it comes to elderflower. Whether in lemonade, refined with sparkling wine and mint as “Hugo” or as a sweet dessert sauce – this syrup is almost always a good choice. Stored in the refrigerator, the elderflower syrup will keep for four to five months. By the way: elderflowers activate the metabolism and stimulate circulation.
8. Elderflower with apricot pulp
In this dish, the aromatic spring blossoms are wrapped in a delicious chocolate-flavored batter and fried and combined with fruity apricot pulp – simply delicious! Outside of the elderflower season, the flowers of dahlias, geraniums, carnations, or marigolds can also be used. It is important that these were not sprayed.
9. Elderflower Cupcakes
The fluffy-sweet tarts get a spring-like, fresh taste from the elderflowers – and they look particularly pretty. At a picnic, on the breakfast table, or on the buffet, the little eye-catchers are guaranteed to be the highlight!
10. Elderberry Lemon Jelly
The sour lemon juice gives this aromatic spread a particularly fresh note – just the thing for a successful weekend breakfast on the balcony! The preparation time of around 30 minutes is unbeatable and this elderberry and lemon jelly is quickly conjured up with just four ingredients.
