- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Serving: 4 - 8
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 67
- Carbohydrate Content: 17g
- Fat Content: 0g
- Fiber Content: 0g
- Protein Content: 0g
- Saturated Fat Content: 0g
- Sodium Content: 0g
- Sugar Content: 17g
Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial
Ingredients
- caster-sugar - 1kg caster sugar
- lemon - 2 unwaxed organic lemons, halved, plus a strip of peel
- vanilla-pod - 1 vanilla pod, seeds reserved
- citric-acid - 1 tbsp citric acid powder or vitamin C powder
- elderflower - about 40 fresh elderflowers, shaken free of bugs, lightly rinsed
Instructions
- 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.
Summer drink recipe for 4 – 8 people, takes only 40 mins; recipe has caster sugar, lemon, vanilla pod, citric acid and elderflower.
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