Best Elderflower Lemon Vanilla Cordial Recipes
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
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Afternoon tea
Time 50m
Yield Makes 1 litre
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 67 calories, Carbohydrate 17 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 17 grams sugar
ELDERFLOWER & LEMON CORDIAL
Diluted with sparkling water, this makes a refreshing drink to enjoy throughout the summer, or use a dash neat in recipes like gooseberry fool
Provided by Sara Buenfeld
Time 20m
Yield Approx 1.5 litres
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Dissolve sugar in water over a gentle heat, then bring to a simmer. Pour over the elderflower heads with the zest from the lemons - use a potato peeler to get nice wide strips. Slice the rest of the lemons and add to the syrup with citric acid. Stir well, cover and leave for 24 hours in a cool place to infuse. Strain through muslin and pour into sterilised bottles. Once open, refrigerate.
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