[Womble]

Hi folks,

You've simply got to try this recipe I found for home-made blackcurrant cordial.




It's really simple. All you do is simmer blackcurrants, sugar and water, and then after five minutes, add a whole chopped up lemon. Simmer for another five minutes, cool, sieve and bottle. The taste is a bit like a supermarket 'hi-juice' squash (dilute about 3:1 with water), but so, so much better!  



(Oh, and I've also got some blackcurrant schnapps on the go, but that'll have to wait until Christmas at least before I find out if it's any good!  ).

[Dan]

It freezes really well too. We make big batches and fill 4 pint milk cartons.

Means we have cordial all year around, and a use for all those blackcurrants other than jam! 

[plumseverywhere]

Fantastic! thank you so much for posting this. Hubby was only saying this morning that the rate our girls go through blackcurrant we are spending between £50 and £75 a month on the blinkin stuff    will give this a go!

[OhLaLa]

Thanks for sharing that womble, have been thinking recently I must find a good recipe for Blackcurrent Cordial - looks like an interesting website too. And thanks Dan for telling us it freezes ok, saves me wondering if all that valuable freezer space is worthwhile.

 

[pikilily]

I make blackcurrent vodka liqueur , num num. Well also straweberry vodka, raspberry gin etc etc. Any fruit that is in glut...
thing is i dont really drink!
Emma T

[Womble]

Well I'm hoping the schnapps will be a success too, but it's going to be a long wait to find out!

Any fruit that is in glut... thing is i dont really drink!

Er, I can help with that you know! 

P.S. Plumseverywhere - why not give it a go with some of your excess plums?  I can't see why it wouldn't work!?

[pikilily]

I think it will be going to the TAS BBQ....when it happens 
Emma T

[Sandy]

Yummmmmm, I fancy a drink of that right now!!! could do with a Bar Be Q and some fun as I'm a dull girl at the moment,m all work no play

[shearling]

I am going to try it with my plums  How long does it last when not frozen? Just made another 2 gallons of wine and got going with a quart of gin based plum and another with vodca based plum.

[shearling]

Hi Womble - from your picture you seem to be trying to eliminate the need for extra sugar. Is this new, has anyone else tried it? Let us know how it goes. Mine was 3 pound plum, 2 pints (yes really) of sugar and 2 of gin/vodka

[Rosemary]

I think it will be going to the TAS BBQ....when it happens 
Emma T

Oh, yes. I had forgotten about that  

[Womble]

Hi Womble - from your picture you seem to be trying to eliminate the need for extra sugar.

No, just two different recipes I found, so I thought I'd try both  .

[pikilily]

As i was typing i was thinking ....'i wonder if Rosemary will spot this!' 
Emma T - full of blackcurrent liqueur
(the trophy - not me)

[Sylvia]

Hasn't Womble got a lovely clean cooker!! I wouldn't send a picture of mine

[Womble]

LOL, Sylvia - see the wee white thing in the top of the photo?  That's the roasting tin from the previous night that I hadn't gotten round to washing up yet. Amazing what the 'crop' tool in photoshop can do eh?  (Oh, and if you look carefully in the Schnapps photo, you can clearly see the dust on the worktop! )