Orange Cordial
Prep Time
20 mins
A simple, refreshing cordial - wonderful with sparkling water.
Quantity: 1 litres (approx)
Ingredients
- 8 large oranges
- 750 g sugar
- 750 ml water
- 2 tsp citric acid
Instructions
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Wash the oranges.
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Using a potato peeler or paring knife, thinly pare the zest from 4 of the oranges.
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Squeeze the juice from all the fruit and strain to remove any pips or flesh, and set aside/reserve.
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Place zest, sugar and water into a large saucepan.
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Bring to the boil over a medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
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Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool and allow the zest to infuse the water.
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Using a sieve, strain the liquid into a clean pan. Discard the zest.
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Bring the syrup back to the boil and simmer for five minutes.
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Remove from heat and stir in the reserved orange juice and citric acid.
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Pour into warm sterilized bottles and seal.
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Refrigerate for up to 3 months.
Notes
- One orange should yield between 100 ml to 125 ml of orange juice. For this recipe you will need 750 ml of orange juice.
- For long term storage water bath for 10 minutes. Remove, cool, label and store in a cool dark space for up to 12 months.
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Hi Marcia
Many thanks for the feedback, I truly appreciate it. I have just spent some time updating the recipe with more complete and detailed list of ingredients and instructions. I hope that it will be more user friendly with these changes.
Kindest regards
Julie
Recipe incomplete! I presume if you use, for example, 3 cups of orange juice, you use 3 cups of sugar. It also says to add reserved orange juice, doesn’t tell you to reserve any juice.