Flower and herb fermentation

elderflower vinegar

elderflower

elderflower

chive flower

chive flower

elderflower lemon

chive flower vinegar

honey fermented elderflower lemon ginger

chive flower vinegar

honey fermented rosemary lemon ginger

2026年5月30日 賞花惜花

細香葱花色彩紋理都精巧，似朶朶絲花，最方便用來裝飾餸菜、pizza，好看且有蒜香味。花期短，用不完今回學習浸醋，把味道色彩留下。

Elderflower 飲品是多年前英國朋友的介紹，那幽幽青香十分配合夏日天氣。自己試做才知道，一定要下足夠檸檬汁，那香氣才能散發出來，喝時不酸，好奇妙。

花多，又剪下好些浸在醋中，反正夏季常做沙律、漬物，將會有不同花香的醋可用。

自四月中野玫瑰不停開花，香氣撲鼻，花朶只盛開兩天，一向在黃昏，蜜蜂採蜜後收成花瓣，剪走花托不令其長果子，就會繼續長出花蕾，直至夏末。花瓣泡滾水，顏色和香氣都脫落，喝下有益身心。有多的風乾收藏，將來泡茶和送禮都好用。

Elderflower is blooming well, time to do my yearly honey fermented elderflower tonic, this time I added sliced non bitter lemon and ginger in the fermentation, all in one. 

Also learned to marinate elderflower in raw vinegar, well, while there is a lot of flowers around, and I use vinegar in salad and pickling, no harm in having more flavours. 

Chive flower is so pretty, delicate purple with that fine line in the middle of the petal, looks like a silk flower. I like to use them to decorate a dish and also on pizza, for the presentation and a mild onion flavour. As there are more than I can use, I infuse some in vinegar to use later. 

Rosemary is growing so well and there is more than I can cook. Already using a lot every time there is a bbq, but still can’t catch up with it’s growth. Saw this recipe of healthy tonic of rosemary, ginger and lemon syrup, instead of using sugar syrup to infuse, I use raw honey, that I have a lot too, to make a fermented version. 

In raw vinegar and in raw honey, all bottles bubbling away, satisfying my plan to have more fermented food/drink available for daily use.