I also made a batch of Pineapple Sage Cordial from the flowers of the Sage which you can view here.
Aunty Milly's Lemon Cordial OR 50:50 Cordial
(Aunty Milly is one of my Nan's sisters)
The rind and juice of 6 lemons OR (for 50:50 cordial use 3 lemons & 3 oranges)
4lb (800g) Sugar
1 ounce Tartaric Acid
2 ounces Citric Acid
1 ounce Epsom Salts
1 litre of Boiling Water
Put all ingredients into a basin, Stir well until sugar is dissolved. Strain overnight and bottle. Makes approximately 2 1/2 litres.
Rhonda also makes her own cordials using sugar water. I recently used her method as a guide to make a quick batch of cordial after finding some strained passion-fruit juice in the freezer
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| Looking at the photo: I just realised I wrote Pineapple...lol It was definitely Passion-Fruit |
1 cup of strained passion-fruit pulp
Juice and zest of 3 oranges
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1 kg sugar
1 litre water
Make the sugar water, by boiling the water and dissolving the sugar. Allow this to cool slightly before adding the other ingredients.
Leave to steep overnight, then strain and bottle the cordial. I recommend storing the straight cordial in the fridge. Dilute to 1:4 or 1:5 cordial to water.
This recipe made just over 2 1/2 litres of cordial.
You bet I will be freezing the leftover pulp for some muffins
I think I might use some papaya pulp from the freezer to make my next cordial
or maybe some mango pulp..........
Do you make your own cordial? What's your favourite flavour?
If you haven't tried making your own,
Will you? Now that you've seen how easy it is?
Hi Narelle. Yes, I make my own cordial, all the time. Doesn't matter what fruit it is, I can usually make it up into cordial. I've been making my own peach iced tea too. Making a peach cordial and adding cold tea. Its very refreshing. I use the sugar/water recipe for my cordials.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
I honestly had no idea what a cordial was and did a bit of research. I think it sounds delicious and think I will add this to something I make in 2012!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,
Jennifer
Yes, I make cordials. Passionfruit this week as we have so many. I too use the sugarwater method.
ReplyDeleteBarb.
I've made a few - lemon, lime, lemon/lime, guava. The guavas are just coming ripe now, in fact, so I'll be trying both jam and cordial again.
ReplyDeleteYour lemon cordial is pretty much identical to mine except mine is a nine lemon version and makes heaps but then I have teenagers so it gets used.
ReplyDeleteNo need to put the cloves in for the tomato sauce if you don't want to - it still comes out fine :)
viv in nz
I will be having a go at those I learnt to make Ginger beer this year and Lomomade so this summer I would love to make fruit cup cordial.
ReplyDeleteLovely Recipes< thanks NellyMary
Yes I have made my own cordial using Rhonda's recipe and love homemade cordial. I have only made citrus mixes but I am going to try others.
ReplyDeleteI made raspberry cordial a few months ago and LOVED it! In fact, I think I'll make some more as I've still got heaps of berries to use up from the freezer :) My teen thought it was delicious and it's certainly a healthier alternative to sodas/pop for when the friends come over...
ReplyDeleteMy Mum used to make 50:50 when we were kids and it was delicious! Thanks for bring back the memory!
ReplyDeleteHi, I never made cordial before, but this looks really delicious. I would love to try.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteFor your Aunt Milly's Lemon Cordial, could you please clarify if it is 800gms OR 4 pounds of sugar, because those two measurements are quite different from each other. thanks, debbie