Lemon Cordial

"This is SO much nicer than store bought cordial and with not too much effort. Everybody I know loves it when I make my own cordial. For those that have never tried home made, use the cordial sparingly as it seems strong than store bought. May be start with 1/2 inch in your glass and adjust according to your taste. I have also made this with other citrus fruits. You could use 3 oranges & 3 lemons or just use limes. Delish!"
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
9 cups approx
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ingredients

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directions

  • Finely grate the rind off lemons and then juice them all.
  • Put all dry ingredients and lemon juice into a saucepan or large bowl and add boiling water slowly. Mix to dissolve, cool, then bottle and seal.
  • Serve diluted with water or soda water, according to taste.

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Reviews

  1. Fantastic recipe. This is so easy. Why would you ever need to buy cordial?! I halved the recipe with no problems and still managed to fill two bottles. I'm going to try limes next! Thanks for this recipe. It's a real keeper!
     
  2. Great way for me to deal with a lemon glut !!! So easy to do and I also threw in a couple of limes all with a great result !!!
     
  3. Great recipe, I halfed the recipe as I was low on sugar at the time. Although instead of grating the rind, I did throw in a few of the leftover squeezed lemons into the suacepan to boil and strained the juice afterward, and it gave a very nice tart flavour. The family love this cordial and it goes very nice with water and ice and is wonderful with lemonade. This is a great, easy recipe for anyone who wants to save money and make their own cordial, and as a bonus it tastes heaps better and you know whats in it ! :-) Thanks busyozmum
     
  4. This is a great idea. My lemons were very small so I used about 12 of them so my cordial was very tart, the amount of required lemon juice would be a good addition to the recipe I think. I used raw sugar which gave it a nice caramel colour. The cordial is a bit too tart to drink just with water but tastes lovely with a little lemonade, thanks!
     
  5. Great recipe! Who knew it would be so easy. I used whatever I found in the yard- oranges, lemons, grapefruit and mandarins. And it made a LOT! Tastes great with soda water, nice little tipple to serve to guests. Cheers!
     
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