ELDERFLOWER, LEMON & VANILLA CORDIAL

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Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial image

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

1kg caster sugar
2 unwaxed organic lemons , halved, plus a strip of peel
1 vanilla pod , seeds reserved
1 tbsp citric acid powder or vitamin C powder
about 40 fresh elderflowers , shaken free of bugs, lightly rinsed

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

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