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Elderflower liqueur
Elderflower liqueur is an alcoholic, floral liqueur made from elderflower blossoms, sweeter and more intensely aromatic than elderflower cordial. It brings a honeyed, slightly lychee-like floral note to shaken and sparkling cocktails.
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Common uses
- floral modifier in shaken cocktails
- alcoholic alternative to elderflower cordial
Buying & storage
Keeps more or less indefinitely: Alcohol is preserving it. An open bottle keeps for a very long time, though aromatics do fade slowly.
Storage: store in a cool, dark place after opening; keeps for several months
Recipes
Cocktails containing this ingredient
No published recipe lists elderflower liqueur as an ingredient — but it may still appear below as a garnish or as a recommended substitute.
Stand-in
Where elderflower liqueur is a recommended substitute
Recipes that name it as a swap for something else, with what it replaces.
- Hugo Spritzin place of elderflower cordial
Swap it
Possible substitutions
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