Blackcurrant cordial

Very good, I’m 13 and my sister is 9, and we managed to make it on our own. The leftover berries, a tiny bit of the cordial, freshly boiled water, a tiny bit if honey and sugar, and cornflour if it is too thin makes an excellent jam

Very sweet and the lemon is very strong. Still a taster drink but needs refining. Will try again with just one lemon and maybe 200g sugar.

Thank goodness the children weren’t in the kitchen at the time and no one was injured by broken glass.

Made this two weeks ago and put into sterilised bottles. Gave one to my son and family. Beware. He opened it and used some, then left it on the work surface ( not in the fridge as advised) over night. It exploded! In the morning he came down to glass and blackcurrant cordial everywhere. Luckily no…

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The cordial I made using this recipe hardly tastes of blackcurrant. The lemons seem to overpower the blackcurrants.