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Digby
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Digby asked in Food & DrinkCooking & Recipes · 1 decade ago

WANTED Recipe for Brown Clover Cordial?

Someone I know is desperate for the recipe for brown clover cordial - i guess its an old fashioned one maybe from the war years. I'm guessing she would of used clovers from the garden and mixed with sugar and lemon -

DOES anyone out there know what it is or remember it -

CHEERS

Digby

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  • The only one I could find was with Elderberry, but I think it's very similar:

    Cooks Tips...

    To serve Elderflower Cordial: Dilute the elderflower cordial to taste with fizzy water, and serve over ice with a slice or two of lemon, or a sprig of mint floating on top.

    For something a touch more sprightly, add a shot of gin or vodka and a lemon slice, or add it to white wine and sparkling water to make an elderflower spritzer.

    Elderflower cordial is also brilliant in recipes such as gooseberry fool, and in vinaigrette - mix with wine vinegar, a touch of mustard, salt, pepper and a light olive oil (surprisingly good with a courgette, lettuce and broad bean salad). You might even try adding it to a marinade for chicken breasts. Try it in sorbets, or ice-creams, or just spooned over scoops of vanilla ice-cream, or use it to sweeten and flavour the fruit for a crumble.

    Ingredients

    20 heads of elderflower

    1.8kg granulated sugar, or caster sugar

    1.2 litres water

    2 unwaxed Lemons

    75g citric acid

    Method

    1. Shake the elderflowers to expel any lingering insects, and then place in a large bowl.

    2. Put the sugar into a pan with the water and bring up to the boil, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.

    3. While the sugar syrup is heating, pare the zest of the lemons off in wide strips and toss into the bowl with the elderflowers. Slice the lemons, discard the ends, and add the slices to the bowl. Pour over the boiling syrup, and then stir in the citric acid. Cover with a cloth and then leave at room temperature for 24 hours.

    4. Next day, strain the cordial through a sieve lined with muslin (or a new j-cloth rinsed out in boiling water), and pour into thoroughly cleaned glass or plastic bottles. Screw on the lids and pop into the cupboard ready to use.

    I also found this:

    Red Clover Blossom Liqueur

    Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

    -------- ------------ --------------------------------

    1 Cup Freshly Picked Red Clover Blossoms

    1 Cup 80-Proof Vodka

    1/3 Cup Sugar Syrup

    Put the blossoms in a jar and cover with vodka. Push the blossoms floating aboe the fluid down with a spoon. Steep for one week. Strain through a wire strainer and press the blossoms with the back of a spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Add the sugar syrup, stir and filter through cheesecloth.

  • 1 decade ago

    Coffee Cordial

    Ingredients

    3/4 cup regular grind coffee

    1/2 teaspoon orange zest

    2 cinnamon sticks, broken

    1 teaspoon chopped ginger

    6 cups water

    assorted liqueurs

    non-dairy whipped topping, thawed

    http://www.foodsndrink.blogspot.com/

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