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caprice62 · Commis Chef Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 144

ginger squash

50 grams grated ginger (more if you like it fiery)
150 grams sugar
1 lemon

cover the ginger and sugar with boiling water and leave overnight
add juice of lemon
strain ( I leave some of the ginger in though)
and bottle

ring the changes with
elderflowers
lime instead of lemon
cream of tartaric

blackberry

3 of blackberries
3 of sugar
3 of water

whizz blackberries and leave to drip in a jelly bag
next day boil up the sugar and the water with 4 cloves and 2 cinnamon sticks bottle

elderberry
(make sure you give this one a good boiling to stop the stuff from fermenting ......although if it did q15

)

2 kgs berries
10 cloves
cover with water and bring to a rolling boil then simmer for 25 mins
give a good whizz with the stickblender and jellybag

for very 100ml add
100 grams sugar

if you are going to do a mix just mix the berries at this stage
to very 100 mls

Nannyp · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject:

Thanks Lesley. Will def do Blackberry's and might do something with raspberry's too.
q12

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caprice62 · Commis Chef Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 144

I freeze my cordials in the handy size water bottles ever since I lost a batch of elderflower a few years ago . I hope you enjoy them as much as we do !!