Elderflower Liqueur - cooking recipe

Ingredients

elderberry flowers, enough to loosely fill a quart mason jar shake bugs off and removing all toxic stems
vodka (or more) or Everclear alcohol, 100-proof (or more)
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar
3 -4 lemon verbena leaves (6/10/2014 I added and with lemon slices to keep the flowers under the Spyritus 96%alc.)

Preparation

Place flowers in the jar and covered the flowers in vodka filling so no air can get to the flowers. Close jar.
Optional place a clean lid from a slightly smaller jar upside down on top of the flowers to weigh them down under the vodka.
Place in a cool dark spot.
Give the jar a shake daily for at least a week up to a month.
Strain a couple times the second using an unbleached coffee filter.
Add sugar to how sweet you want it.
Place jar in the bar and shake it from time to time until the sugar has dissolved. When all dissolved enjoy room temperature or chilled in a Cordial glass.