{"id":20579,"date":"1987-07-24T12:54:34","date_gmt":"1987-07-24T19:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20579"},"modified":"2017-03-04T12:56:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T19:56:05","slug":"honeysuckle-or-elderflower-cordial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20579","title":{"rendered":"Honeysuckle or Elderflower Cordial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Honeysuckle-Cordial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20580 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Honeysuckle-Cordial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Honeysuckle-Cordial.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Honeysuckle-Cordial-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 quart loosely packed Japanese honeysuckle blossoms or elderberry flowers (no leaves)<br \/>\nVodka, preferably 100-proof<br \/>\nSimple syrup, to taste<\/p>\n<p>Put the blossoms in a quart-size canning jar and add vodka to cover them completely; push them down with a spoon if necessary. Put the lid on the jar and set it aside in a cool, dark spot for 3 to 4 days. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll turn a pretty amber color, and the blossoms will become a dark brown\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthis is fine. Rinse and squeeze out a heavy-duty paper towel and use it to line a fine-mesh sieve set over a large glass measuring cup. Strain the infused vodka into the cup. and discard the solids. Funnel the vodka into a clean bottle that will hold about a quart. Add simple syrup to taste\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe cordial should be fairly sweet; the syrup will also serve to dilute the alcohol content, and you can also add a bit of water now or when you serve it (chilled, over ice, in small doses), or use it in cocktails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 quart loosely packed Japanese honeysuckle blossoms or elderberry flowers (no leaves) Vodka, preferably 100-proof Simple syrup, to taste Put the blossoms in a quart-size canning jar and add vodka to cover them completely; push them down with a spoon if necessary. Put the lid on the jar and set it aside in a cool, dark spot for 3 to 4 days. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll turn a pretty amber color, and the blossoms will become a dark brown\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthis is fine. Rinse and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=20579\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[36,101,156],"class_list":["post-20579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beverages","tag-alcohol","tag-canning","tag-foraged-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20582,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20579\/revisions\/20582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}