Strawberry Cordial

It seems that the strawberry season is slowly coming to an end here on plot 15c and I am a little relieved. Don’t get me wrong, I love strawberries but there was a massive glut of them and after making lots of jam already I was a little bemused about what I could make with the rest. I came across a recipe for some strawberry cordial and it sounded delicious! I had already made lots of elderflower cordial and amongst it being really yummy I found that you can use it as an ingredient in so many things such as jelly (there will be another post all about my elderflower jelly very soon!) I used half of my strawberry harvest to make some more strawberry and elderflower jam because I love it so much, and then I used the other half to make the cordial.

Recipe: (to make roughly 2 litres or cordial)

1kg crushed strawberries
2 unwaxed lemon, thinly sliced
1.8kg caster sugar
1litre of water

• Place the strawberries and lemon in a large glass bowl with the sugar and citric acid.
• Bring the water to the boil and once boiled, pour it into the bowl and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
• Leave to cool, cover and place in a fridge for 4 days.
• Strain through a muslin and decant into sterilised bottles. Keeps in the fridge for up to 6 months.

It tastes delicious with water, lemonade and it can be mixed with wine for that perfect summer drink (adults only!). If I don’t drink it all over the next week then I might try and make some jelly with it, or maybe even some ice lollies if the sun keeps shining