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  • 1kg wild rosehips
    washed and roughly chopped
  • 350g caster sugar

Nutrition: per serving (30ml/1fl oz)

  • kcal57
  • fat0g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs15g
  • sugars10g
  • fibre1g
  • protein0g
  • salt0g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Put the rosehips in a big pan and pour on 2 litres of boiling water. Bring the water back to the boil, then turn off the heat and allow the rosehips to infuse for 15 mins. Strain the mixture through a jelly bag or a double layer of muslin, squeezing out as much liquid as you can, then set aside.

  • step 2

    Tip the pulp back into the pan, pour on 1.5 litres of water and bring to the boil. Then turn off the heat and allow to infuse for 10 mins. Repeat the straining process, then throw away the pulp that is left in the muslin.

  • step 3

    Pour all the strained rosehip liquid into a clean pan and boil rapidly until reduced to about 1 litre. Skim off any scum that comes to the surface, then stir in the sugar until dissolved. Pour the syrup into sterilised bottles, ready to serve. The cordial will keep for up to three months, stored in the fridge.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2011

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charliecheejonesutt9tdXg

question

Can I make this in a more similar way to the blackcurrant cordial? Is there a reason I need to use so much more rosehip in comparison to other cordials? Thank you.

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goodfoodteam

Hello, thank you for your question. You need a decent quantity of rosehips to get a good concentration of flavour. Reducing the rosehip will produce a weaker cordial. Hope that helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team

chutneychucker

I really wanted to make this as we missed the elderflower cordial opportunity earlier this year! So far we are at second straining of pulp. We had no muslin so used a clean teatowl inside a seive - my youngest is very eager to try the results. We had a lovely time yesterday afternoon picking the…

takeeglancyFe-NcrqN

Your comment is very helpful and encouraging as I picked more than1kg of rosehip yesterday. I made something with rosehip last year for the first time but cannot remember what it was. I will try making rosehip cordial with this recipe. Thank you.

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