Pink lemonade
Adding raspberries to homemade lemonade gives it a tangy flavour and turns it a vivid pink
Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial
Makes 1 litre
Easy
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Plus steeping
A refreshing floral concentrate to dilute with water as a drink or use in creamy light desserts like fools and syllabubs
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- 1kg caster sugar
- 2 unwaxed organic lemonshalved, plus a strip of peel
- 1 vanilla podseeds reserved
- 1 tbsp citric acidpowder or vitamin C powder
- about 40 fresh elderflowersshaken free of bugs, lightly rinsed
Nutrition: per serving (100ml of diluted cordial)
- kcal67
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs17g
- sugars17g
- fibre0g
- protein0g
- salt0glow
Method
step 1
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.
step 2
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.
