What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
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What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I have a feeling that's gloriously ungrammatical but anyway... I have 8 litres of elderflower in the fridge - make that seven, we've blitzed one already - and I'd quite like to get something else on the go. I've heard of nettle cordial but never manage to find young tips of nettle - ours are all old and tough. Is lavender cordial potable, and are there any herbs that lend themselves to cordial? If anyone knows I'd love to hear.
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I make rosehip syrup - which is essentially a cordial
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
i make lemon cordial.. not foraging.. but still its lovely.
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I'm going to make some with blackcurrants to have my own R1bena.
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I've done rhubarb & raspberry so far this year. I guess you could pretty much use any fruit simmer it down, add sugar & strain it through a fine sieve or muslin. I need to play with the amounts of sugar though as I seem to be making a pink looking sugar syrup, which is too sweet to get the flavour of the fruit through
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
Those are all wonderful ideas. The lemon sounds particularly delicious and what my husband wouldn't do for rhubarb cordial! Ideal as a friend has a huge rhubarb patch and doesn't like it so she's always giving us more than we can carry. Thanks for the link too. A cordialtastic summer coming up and good news for our dentist with all that sugar!
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I've heard somebody mention lemon balm - kind of lemon cordial done the local way...
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I was thinking just the same thing, as the elderflower cordial has gone down a storm here.
I have seen Clara mention Lemon Balm cordial, but it also had something else with it. But I can not remember what.
I have seen Clara mention Lemon Balm cordial, but it also had something else with it. But I can not remember what.
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Re: What can you make into cordial apart from elderflower?
I'm sure you can make elderberry and blackberry cordial too