Afternoon Everyone!
The hubster loves strawberries and he especially loves strawberry cordial. To the point where I have a freezer full of strawberries ready to be made into cordial now that the season is about over. This recipe is very similar to my Pineapple Cordial.
To make Strawberry Cordial you will need:
Diced Strawberries (overripe is OK but bland strawberries won't make a very good cordial)
Water
Sugar
Citric Acid
Passionfruit Pulp
1. Cover the diced strawberries with water and boil for 30 mins. Put into the fridge overnight.
2. Strain out the strawberry pulp and then rub it through a strainer so that your strawberry liquid has a lot of pulp but no seeds.
3. Measure your strawberry liquid. You will need a cup of sugar for each cup of strawberry liquid. Mix together in a saucepan.
4. Stir the combined sugar and strawberry liquid over low heat until all of the sugar has dissolved.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of citric acid for every litre (or every 4 cups) of liquid. Add passionfruit pulp to taste (I usually add 2 per litre). Bottle and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
To make the cordial, mix 1/5 cordial with soda water.
Also, I have noticed that the passionfruit seeds dance when the cordial is mixed with soda water. The bubbles will make a seed float to the top of the glass and then once the bubbles have popped the seed will fall back down to the bottom again. Maybe I should have called this drink "The Dance of the Passionfruit Seed" or not....
Afternoon Everyone!
Don't you hate wasted fruit! I had a pineapple that was getting a bit over ripe so I decided to cut it up and put it in the food dehydrator. The sweeter the pineapple the better it tastes dried. I was about to throw away the skins when I remembered that my Mum used to make the best pineapple cordial.
So here it is. My mother's recipe for Pineapple Cordial:
Ingredients:
Pineapple Skins from 1 pineapple
Water
Sugar
½ teaspoon Citric Acid
Method:
Place the pineapple skins in a saucepan. Cover with water. Bring to the boil and let simmer for
1 ½ - 2 hours. Make sure that the liquid doesn't boil down; keep topping it up with water. The liquid should turn a lovely light brown colour. Strain out the pineapple skins. Measure the pineapple liquid. For every cup of liquid you have add a cup of sugar. Add ½ teaspoon of citric acid. You may adjust the amount of citric acid to taste. Stir over low heat until all the sugar has just dissolved. Pour into a bottle and keep in the fridge.
To make the cordial: Add 1 part cordial to 4 parts water.
This drink is very refreshing on a hot summers day and is remarkably different from store bought cordial.
