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.
Very funny.
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