black elderberry
Discover the elderflower, a small white flower that grows on shrubs in the spring. It is necessary to differentiate the black elderberry from the poisonous elderberry! It is made into wine, lemonade, syrup, herbal teas, jelly or jam, sorbet and it is used in baking. In the kitchen, you can enjoy raw flowers in salads for example, unlike berries which must always be cooked. One of the best recipes being the elderberry donut.
– Balcony in the forest
Balcony in the forest
Geneviève Goffette, from Balcon en Forêt, produces aperitifs made from wild plants and flower jellies and condiments. At the moment, after having finished picking dandelions to make cramaillotte (dandelion honey), she is picking elderflower in the Ardennes Nature Park to make elderberry wine and elderflower jelly. Its appetizers are flavorless and only made with local wildflowers. They can be drunk chilled or as a cocktail base with a tonic or champagne.