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Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial

Name: Elderflower, lemon & vanilla cordial
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes 1 litre
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 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

A refreshing floral concentrate to dilute with water as a drink or use in creamy light desserts like fools and syllabubs

50 min total 10 min prep 40 min cook Makes 1 litre 67 cal

Ingredients

1 serv.

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

Instructions

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1 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.
2 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.