Lost in life

 

No this is not a picture of me. We have been quite busy with life this week so I haven't had chance to post. The photo is Lady A's experiment with a grape and how it changes into a sultana or it could be how you might luck if you have too much exposure to the sun?!

 

We have bottled the Elderflower champagne and now I have to wait for 8 days for it to ferment before I can have a little sip and let you know how it has turned out. The aroma eminating from it as we bottled it was beautiful.

 

Master T and I made this quick and easy Lemon fork biscuits with some of the leftover lemons from the Elderflower:

150g butter

75g Caster Sugar

Grated zest of one lemon

200g self raising flour

Cream together sugar, butter and lemon zest then mix in the flour. Form to a soft dough with hands

Place walnut sizes pieces of the dough onto well-greased baking trays allowing room for spreading. dip a fork in a little cold water and flatten the biscuits

Bake at 180c/355F/Gas mark 4/Fan oven 160c for 15-20 mins until pale golden. Put on cooling rack

You can also use orange if you haven't a lemon lying around

 

Lady A fancied making rose petal perfume as the roses are just blooming in the garden. So the large bottle of water is steeping the petals in the hope that we will get some perfume, though she is not convinced. If anyone has any tips on this other than pour water over petals and leave them a few days I would love to hear them.

Have a great weekend.

Comments

[dottycookie]

I wonder if you could steep rose petals in vodka to get something with a scent that lasts a bit longer than in water. I might try that myself, actually. Hmmmm.

[gardenmama]

*8 cups fresh rose petals
*1 cup high-quality carrier oil,
(cold-pressed olive oil, jojoba oil or coconut oil)

Put 1 cup of rose petals in a mortar or glass bowl.
Pour the oil over the petals.

Mash up the rose petals in the oil, using the pestle.

Let the mixture sit, covered tightly for 24 hours in a dark, dry place.

Strain the mashed rose petals from the oil.

Put the oil back in the bowl. Add new rose petals to the oil and repeat the procedure. When you are letting oil sit, always cover the container. The oil can go bad quickly when exposed to air...

Strain the oil into a glass dropper bottle and there you go!

[Kristine]

Ooooh! Your bottles for the champagne are gorgeous! Hopefully it turns out well but packaging is just the half of it, in my opinion. Can't wait to hear how the first sip goes.:)

Cute idea with the perfume too.

[Ali]

I used to make 'perfume' like that as a kid, but always left it in the garden and forgot about it for a few days until it was just a big stinky sludge. Hope hers is more successful!

[Lecia/A Day that is Dessert]

Thanks for the recipe and the rose petal perfume idea - Abbott just got out of school and I haven't planned much for the upcoming week... Can't wait to hear how that champagne tastes. It looks beautiful; neat that it smells good too.

[Nina - Tabiboo]

Ooohhh, I have been searching and racking my brain 'where' I have seen Elderberry Champagne and 'yah' I've found it - thank you!!

Is it good??

Nina x