Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial
A refreshing floral concentrate to dilute with water as a drink or use in creamy light desserts like fools and syllabubs
Difficulty and servings
MAKES 1 litre
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 10 mins
Cook 40 mins
plus steeping
Vegetarian, Vegan
- Fill a large pan with 2 litres water. Add the sugar, lemons, vanilla pod and powder, and bring slowly to the boil. Boil rapidly until the mixture has reduced by half, then remove from the heat.
- Add the elderflowers to the pan and stir gently. Leave to cool completely, then pass through a sieve lined with muslin into another clean pan. Whisk in the vanilla seeds and store the cordial in sterilised bottles with a strip of peel and the vanilla pod added (see tips below). To make a refreshing drink, use 1 part cordial to 5 parts iced water.
STERILISING
To sterilise the bottles, wash them in hot soapy water, rinse, then place on a baking sheet in a low oven to dry completely.
CITRIC ACID/ VITAMIN C POWDER
These can be bought from chemists and health food shops.
STORAGE
You can keep the cordial in sterilised bottles in a cool, dark place for two months or in the fridge for six months. If you want to keep it longer, it can be frozen.
PER SERVING (100ml of diluted cordial)
67 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 17g, salt 0 g
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012.
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Ingredients
- 1kg caster sugar
- 2 unwaxed organic lemons , halved, plus a strip of peel
- 1 vanilla pod , seeds reserved
- 1 tbsp citric acid powder or vitamin C powder
- about 40 fresh elderflowers , shaken free of bugs, lightly rinsed
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Difficulty and servings
MAKES 1 litre
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 10 mins
Cook 40 mins
plus steeping
Vegetarian, Vegan
Ingredients
- 1kg caster sugar
- 2 unwaxed organic lemons , halved, plus a strip of peel
- 1 vanilla pod , seeds reserved
- 1 tbsp citric acid powder or vitamin C powder
- about 40 fresh elderflowers , shaken free of bugs, lightly rinsed
PER SERVING (100ml of diluted cordial)
67 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 17g, salt 0 g
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