Merry Christmas nostr!
I'll be spending the day by the pool trying to stay cool in 30β°C heat & 99% humidity.
My elderberry flowers looked especially Christmassy this morning
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Merry Xmas !
Merry Christmas.
Harvest and bake them in pancake dough. It's the best thing of all things.
The flowers or berries? I've never heard of using them in pancakes, just for making syrup.
I planted a little cutting last autumn & I pruned it to a stump early spring. It's grown another 7ft in 3 months.
Cool plant!
The flowers! Cut them after a couple of sunny days, then dunk them in the dough and put in the pan. While the bottom is baking, cut off the five stems with a scissor or something, so you can flip it. Then flip it.
When done, sugar & cinnamon are a nice addendum.
I don't have my own tree yet, but I know all of them in my area π harvesting every year for this. Or jelly if I find enough. Made syrup once, but I can buy that all year too, so there is not much reason to produce my own.
Never heard of this before. Show some pictures next time you do this.
Not sure where I got this from tbh, but it's sooo good π
Remind me in June, then I might do it again π
I do the pan version and use more dough but it's kinda this π
Oh that's pretty unique!
I'm going to have to try that. Thank you π«
Just so you know for next spring, they grow really easily from woody cuttings.
Just cut a length from a plant & then when you get it home, it into lengths about 20cm, remove the leaves & stick them in soil. Super easy.
Thank you, I will try!
I just made some!
I deep fried them in beef tallow.
The perfect cure for an indulgent Christmas day!
I can't say that the elderflowers imparted much flavor but the flowers made for a crispy delicate batter structure. Most of the flavor came from the batter & icing sugar I feel.
I was surprised at the tenderness of the stems once cooked.
Very enjoyable.
I found a little green frog hiding in one of the flower bunches but it hopped off before I could snap a pic. I'm starting to really like this plant. It's brings so much life into my garden.
How cool is this, you made my day π glad you liked them!
The flavor is not super strong - it's best to harvest them after a couple of days of sunshine, because rain can wash away pollen which carries the flavor.
Or just make some jelly and spread it on there to double the elderflowerness π
Apple juice makes a good foundation for that btw π
For the stems, as I said I always cut them off, since I am using a pan. I will try to document my process if I still remember in half a year π
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I had no idea that elderberry grow in tropics π Seems like a great relaxing day π¦ π
It's the subtropics so we still have a winter, it just doesn't get that cold (equivalent to zone 10b).
I had no idea it would grow either & I'm surprised by how much it thrives. After a few YouTube's on them I realised they're probably just a vigorously growing plant.
The thing I really loved was all the pollinators it attracted. I don't have a lot flowering at the moment & i'm a bit bummed I picked all the flowers to make pancakes with. There's more coming which I'll leave to form berries.
That is so beautiful π π¦ Love this medicine plant!