Blackberry Cordial Food

BLACKBERRY VODKA CORDIAL

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a jar/ container.
• Place the jar in a cool dark place for 24 hours, turning occasionally to combine.
• Strain into a bottle.
• Store in refrigerator.
• Serve with soda water.
• Discarded berries very good over ice cream!

BLACKBERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• Fill quart jars with blackberries. Pour vodka in to cover berries. Put on the lids and put jars in a cool, dark place and forget about them for 2 to 4 weeks. Then, pour contents through a strainer and reserve liquid. In a heavy saucepan combine sugar and water and bring to boil, long enough to dissolve sugar. When this syrup cools a bit, add to blackberry liquid and stir. Pour liquid into container of choice and put in freezer. When chilled, it's good as is or, as we tried it, in a juice glass with ginger ale. It's indescribably good.

SPICED BLACKBERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• 1. Add crushed blackberries to brandy in a wide mouthed juice bottle.
• 2. Let steep for 2 weeks in a dark corner. Shake bottle briefly each day.
• 3. Strain liquid from blackberry/brandy solution. Use a coffee filter for a second straining.
• 4. Add back to clean bottle with honey, spices, and orange peel. Close and shake well.
• 5. Let steep for a month minimum. Strain and add back peel if you like. Shake occasionally to mix up harmless deposits from the honey.

BLUEBERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• Rinse a heat-proof 2-quart jar with boiling water, drain it, and combine sugar, blueberries and vodka in it. Seal jar tightly and let cordial stand in a cool, dark place, shaking the jar occasionally, for two months.
• Strain the cordial through a very fine sieve, lined with a triple thickness of rinsed and squeezed cheesecloth, into a bowl and transfer it to a decanter. Serve the cordial as an after-dinner drink or with tonic over ice as a cocktail.

SLOW-COOKER BLACKBERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• In a large bowl, crush berries and sugar with potato masher.
• Add to slow cooker and stir in 1 qt water, peppercorns, bay leaves, and lemon zest.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 2-1/2 hours. Stir, increase heat to high, and cook 1-1/2 hours
• Strain through fine mesh sieve without pressing on berries. Stir maple syrup into blackberry juice and let cool.
• Stir in brandy, if using. Refrigerate up to 1 month.
• With brandy use as a cocktail with seltzer over ice, or as a sauce for pork or chicken.
• Without brandy, whisk with olive oil for a vinaigrette, or simmer until thick and pour over pancakes, waffles, or ice cream.

BLACKBERRY LIQUEUR

Steps:

• Combine blackberry juice, sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick, and lemon zest in a large saucepan. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Strain to remove spices and add rum.
• Pour liqueur into a sterilized bottle and seal. Store in a cool, dark place.

BLACKCURRANT CORDIAL

Steps:

• Put the sugar in a large saucepan with 300ml water. Bring to a simmer then add the lemon zest and juice followed by the blackcurrants. Cook the mixture over a medium heat until the blackcurrants start to soften and burst.
• Pour the mixture through a sieve lined with muslin into a clean, heatproof jug then transfer to sterilised bottles. Keeps in the fridge for up to 1 month.
• Serve approx. 25ml of cordial per 100ml sparkling or still water, or dilute to taste.

RASPBERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• Put the raspberries in a pan with the sugar and vinegar. Mash over a low heat for 10 mins until smooth and syrupy. Rub through a sieve into a clean pan.
• Tip the seeds from the sieve into a bowl and stir in 300ml water, then sieve again to remove the last of the pulp from seeds. Pour the liquid into the pan with the sieved pulp, stir well and boil for 1 min. Pour into small sterilised bottles and seal. The cordial will keep unopened for a few months. Once opened, store in the fridge.

BERRY CORDIAL

Steps:

• Pour the sugar into a 1 quart jar. Fill the remaining space with berries, but do not pack down. Fill the jar with vodka so that the berries are completely covered. Seal the jar. Let the jar stand for 2 months, shaking the jar every week. The sugar should dissolve, and the vodka will become colored.
• Strain the liquid through a metal sieve, and then through a coffee filter to remove the fruit. Pour into pretty bottles. Drink as a cordial, or use it to flavor lemonade or iced tea.