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Recipe File: Drinks
MOO Raspberry Cordial
We don't buy soft drinks in our house (sometimes the kids buy their own, I just avoid that aisle completely these days). In fact we very rarely buy drinks at all apart from tea, coffee and milk. I like to make them. I like to be able to control what goes into them, especially the sugar! I like knowing that the drinks I serve to my family and friends are not only delicious but healthier too.
My raspberry cordial is one I make using frozen berries, lemon juice, sugar and citric acid.
This cordial isn't cheap to make. I use frozen berries, usually from Aldi, unless I can get them cheaper at NQR.
Five hundred grams of frozen raspberries costs $3.99 at Aldi, the sugar costs 60 cents, citric acid is 25 cents, lemons are free if you grow your own or up to 80 cents each if you buy them (try and find a friend with a lemon tree). The total cost for two litres of raspberry cordial is $4.84, not the cheapest cordial you can buy but by no means the most expensive either.
But if you like raspberry cordial, this one is delicious and much, much healthier for you and your family.
Raspberry Cordial
Ingredients:
500g raspberries
3 cups sugar
1 tsp citric acid
Juice 1 lemon
500ml boiling water
1.5 litres cold water
Method:
Dissolve the sugar and citric acid in the boiling water in a large bowl. Place the raspberries in a blender or food processor and puree. Add the pureed raspberries, lemon juice and 1.5 litres of cold water to the sugar water mixture. Stir to combine. If you don't want the seeds in your cordial strain it before bottling.
To serve use one part cordial to four parts cold water or soda water or plain mineral water.
My raspberry cordial is one I make using frozen berries, lemon juice, sugar and citric acid.
This cordial isn't cheap to make. I use frozen berries, usually from Aldi, unless I can get them cheaper at NQR.
Five hundred grams of frozen raspberries costs $3.99 at Aldi, the sugar costs 60 cents, citric acid is 25 cents, lemons are free if you grow your own or up to 80 cents each if you buy them (try and find a friend with a lemon tree). The total cost for two litres of raspberry cordial is $4.84, not the cheapest cordial you can buy but by no means the most expensive either.
But if you like raspberry cordial, this one is delicious and much, much healthier for you and your family.
Raspberry Cordial
Ingredients:
500g raspberries
3 cups sugar
1 tsp citric acid
Juice 1 lemon
500ml boiling water
1.5 litres cold water
Method:
Dissolve the sugar and citric acid in the boiling water in a large bowl. Place the raspberries in a blender or food processor and puree. Add the pureed raspberries, lemon juice and 1.5 litres of cold water to the sugar water mixture. Stir to combine. If you don't want the seeds in your cordial strain it before bottling.
To serve use one part cordial to four parts cold water or soda water or plain mineral water.
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