This elderflower syrup recipe makes a sweet floral base for creating delicious drinks and desserts. Make this recipe for a taste of summer!
A refreshing combination that you can bottle and enjoy all year round.
A stunning homemade cordial to capture the taste of summer. Use whatever berries you have to hand (even frozen will work well), but raspberries are particularly good here.
This feijoa cordial recipe is perfect for when you want to enjoy a long cool drink this summer or want to impress guests with a delicious fruity cocktail.
Tangy and refreshing, simple. Summer in a glass. The best elderflower cordial recipe!
A classic orange cordial, based on an old-fashioned recipe.
Homemade Elderflower Cordial Recipe
Homemade lemon cordial may be old fashioned but it sits in our modern world for hot days when cold, refreshing drinks are what we want.
Homemade lime cordial. Perfect to add to water or your cocktails.
This simple rose cordial captures the essence of roses in a sweet syrup that’s perfect for kid’s sodas or mixed drinks for adults.
A staple drink this wonderful summer season. When it’s hot outside, you can’t go wrong with this drink! Treat yourself for a refreshing drink that is everyone’s favourite. This ho…
Make your own pineapple cordial at home. It is better than store bought!
As we step into May the plant world around us is bursting into life, the hedgerows are full of Hawthorn blossoms, and this means the seasons Elder flower blossom isn’t far behind. This is one of my favourite times of year, and elderflowers gentle healing and energy is one of my favourites to work
Orange cordial is a sweet, tart orange concentrate that you can mix with just about anything for a refreshing drink. I like it with a bit of fizzy water, it reminds me a bit of Orangina. When I was a kid we called it orange squash but regardless of what you want to call it, [...]
A simple recipe for orange cordial using no citric acid - what to do with a glut of oranges.
Originally cordials were made from wild fruits or leaves and flowers, boiled with honey, and later alcohol was added to the mixture to preserve the syrup. These alcoholic drinks were medicinal. Today the recipes do not contain alcohol anymore, and honey has been replaced by sugar. Also called squash, cordial is…
Simple and easy recipe for rhubarb cordial.
Lemon Cordial is a delicious mix of freshly squeezed lemons, water and sugar. It mixes perfectly with water or tonic for a fresh, zesty drink that takes us back to summer picnics, sunny BBQs and happy childhood memories. Making it yourself guarantees no preservatives or artificial flavours, just a wonderfully fresh-tasting drink. Lemonade in the UK is generally considered to be a fizzy, lemon-flavoured drink like Sprite or 7-Up, whereas in the USA, it is a juice made of lemons, water, and sugar. Cordial is like concentrated lemonade in the USA. Once you mix it with water, then it is like lemonade.
A refreshing combination that you can bottle and enjoy all year round.