Scrumpleflower

A farmhouse cider made in autumn should be ready to sample around the time the hedgerows are bursting with blooms of elderflower. As with countless cider makers before him, an overexuberant tasting session of appley nectar led Rich to inadvertently wander into those floral hedges and experience their intoxicating whiff up close. Such encounters could be the inspiration behind this recipe, an ingenious blend of flower and fruit known round our way as ‘scrumpleflower’.