Delicate yet fragrant elderflowers make a jam that tastes like an English summer–especially when married with gooseberries, finds Tessa Waugh.
There is a special point in an English summer when the season is at its most beautiful. This is elderflower time, when creamy blossoms decorate the hedgerows like bridal bouquets in a sea of green.
Country people have a long tradition of harnessing these fragrant blooms to flavour jams and cordials and Elspeth Biltoft of…