We love Bottle Green’s Elderflower Cordial at Frost. It is a delicious, refreshing and versatile drink. We got sent some to review this week and have been trying it in different ways. It is great with cold water, either still or sparkling, and preferably with ice. It also tastes great in hot water, champagne and various cocktails. We have some great cocktail ideas below.
The light, delicate taste of hand-picked elderflowers perfectly captures the essence of warm summer days and relaxing evenings on the veranda. Simply dilute with iced water or try adding to Champagne for a refreshing twist.
Grey Goose Le Fizz
An elegant and refreshing combination of Grey Goose vodka, fresh lime juice and elderflower, served in a flute topped with chilled soda.
Glass: Flute
Ingredients
35ml Grey Goose vodka
15ml elderflower cordial
15ml freshly squeezed lime juice
75ml chilled soda
Method
Add the GREY GOOSE vodka, fresh lime juice and elderflower cordial into a cocktail shaker and shake hard. Double strain into a flute glass and top with chilled soda water.
The Elderflower G&T
Gordon’s & tonic and elderflower cordial – two British classics, one classic drink.
Step 1 Fill a chilled glass with cubes of ice
Step 2 Add 50ml* of Gordon’s gin and 5ml of bottlegreen Elderflower cordial
Step 3 Squeeze a wedge of lime into the glass and add a choice of fresh cucumber, mint or strawberry
Step 4 Top up with fresh tonic and stir to release the refreshing taste
Elderflower Cooler
Utterly refreshing and elegantly simple, this cooler really hits the spot with the elderflower and vodka complimenting each other perfectly. Enjoy.
Ingredients
25ml bottlegreen Elderflower cordial
apple wedges
Fill with ginger ale
50ml Vodka
Glass
Highball
Decoration
apple wedges
Method
Stir ingredients into glass and add apple wedges to decorate
Elderflower Delight
A wonderfully light and refreshing cocktail, blending the freshest ingredients to finish with a perfect cocktail for a Summers evening.
Ingredients
6 mint leaves
50ml Gin
15ml bottlegreen elderflower cordial
15ml Orange Juice
5ml Syrup
Glass
Martini
Decoration
Mint leaf
Method
Muddle Mint with Lemon Juice and Sugar Syrup.
Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice, fine strain into chilled 5oz martini glass.
Garnish with mint leaf on surface of drink.
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