12-06-2004, 08:04 AM
Quote:Originally posted by webtalk2003
As a salad dressing - with or without olive oil. And because it is so flavoursome in its own right it is good as an oil replacement on things like avocado, strawberries, etc.
The recipe said someting about diluting it in a drink - water or tonic water I suppose. My friend said it worked well - she was sceptical but pleasantly surprised.
Does your cordial recipe that doesn't include citric acid?
Both the cordial recipes I ahve do and I'd like one with no preservatives in it. Apparently if one needs to increase the lemon content but I don't know by how much.
Hi.... yes, it does include citric acid. All the recipes on the internet has citric acid in it. A friend made it from a very old recipe - I think she only uses one lemon while my recipe said two lemons. The recipe asks for 80g. of citric acid but I've only put 40g. in. It is a wonderful refreshing drink - great with sparkling water and lemon slices.
I offered it to someone from Sweden yesterday and she said that they make a cordial from black currant leaves - it is the same process as the elderflower cordial.
When I was in Scotland we had a French chef on the course, and he picked the fresh buds of a fur tree, poured boiling water over it and soaked it for 24 hours. Then cooked a syrup from it to pour over icecream or pancakes. Almost something like maple syrup.