Cocktails of the Hedgerow

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now - make a strong alcoholic drink like this one:

Vodka and Nettle Cordial
As served by Lady Strange.

100g freshly picked nettle tips
100g freshly picked young blackcurrant leaves
1 kg granulated sugar
40g citric acid
500ml boiling water

Add the sugar, citric acid and water to a large saucepan. Heat to 60 degrees C. Add the leaves and remove immediately from heat. Cover and leave for a week, stirring daily. Strain and bottle. Keep in refrigerator.

Add vodka to taste.

From the ever so fey Fed by Birds

Too lazy to pick nettle tips ? Buy a bottle of "Nettle Leaves" vodka. Too lazy to find a liquor store that sells it? Leave out the nettle tips, the blackcurrant leaves, the granulated sugar, the citric acid and the boiling water. Add any old vodka to taste.