Rhubarb cordial. Bring to a simmer then add the zest and juice of both the orange and the lemon along with the rhubarb and the ginger. Homemade Rhubarb Cordial (Rhubarb Syrup) transforms sharp rhubarb into sweet & most refreshing drink. Simply dilute with either still or sparkling water to make delicious & thirst quenching beverage.
I went, almost predictably, straight for the rhubarb cordial, attracted by the use of my favorite spring stalks and by the uncomplicated ingredient list (rhubarb, gin, sugar, citrus zest). A cordial is an infusion in the liqueur family (sweeter spirits) that includes cremes and distillations.* RHUBARB CORDIAL The rhubarb is a beautiful color, a pale opalescent pink, particularly delicious diluted with sparkling water, with plenty of ice and a few leaves of fresh mint. Place rhubarb pieces in a large clean glass jar.
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Bring to a simmer then add the zest and juice of both the orange and the lemon along with the rhubarb and the ginger. Homemade Rhubarb Cordial (Rhubarb Syrup) transforms sharp rhubarb into sweet & most refreshing drink. Simply dilute with either still or sparkling water to make delicious & thirst quenching beverage.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook rhubarb cordial using 4 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rhubarb cordial:
- {Make ready 4 kg of rhubarb cut into 5cm chunks.
- {Take 400 ml of water.
- {Make ready of around 1.2kg granulated sugar (600ml per litre of rhubarb juice).
- {Take of juice of 4 lemons.
Pour sugar on top of rhubarb. Pour vodka into jar and stir all ingredients together. Bring the water, sugar, rhubarb and lemon juice to the boil. Turn off the heat and allow to cool.
Steps to make Rhubarb cordial:
- Place chopped rhubarb in a big pan (NOT aluminium) add water and bring to boil slowly..
- Turn heat down and leave to stew for 30minutes..
- When rhubarb is soft and juice very pink turn off the heat and allow to cool a bit..
- Use a jelly bag or a big sieve lined with a sterilised piece of muslin to filter juice. Set it over large bowl. Leave to filter for at least 6 hours or overnight if possible. Don't squeeze the bag as this will cloud the cordial..
- Measure amount of juice and pour into clean pan with Sugar(600g per litre)add lemon juice then heat stirring until sugar is dissolved. Then bring to the boil.
- Pour into sterilised bottles and seal immediately..
- Should keep for about a year or once opened for a week in the fridge..
- I kept half of the pulp and the lemon pith and pips for my next recipe. I am planning a rhubarb cheese..
- Yielded more than 2litres so have that in mind and make sure you sterilised enough bottles.
- Mix 60ml of cordial with cold water. Enjoy.
Leave to strain gently through a sieve or muslin lined funnel. Rhubarb cordial We always have a glut of rhubarb at this time of year and no matter how much we poach, freeze or make into jam there is always more than we can eat. We used to get round this problem by having rhubarb for pudding every day for a month, which was great for the first few days but the appeal tends to wear off pretty quickly… Rhubarb is a heavy feeder. As long as you are diligent with the weeding and compost applications, a small patch will reward you with a steady harvest through the season. Last year, there were weeks where I couldn't be bothered to make a crumble.
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