Review: Raspberry Cordial - EDC

[Zan]

I made it the other day with cherries and 1/2 the amount of sugar. Lovely. Kids so impressed. (I was surprised they knew what cordial was, lol, though dd2 said she'd had some at a friends house). dd1 said so it's just like juice then, lol.

[sue_h]

I made this for the party with double frozen raspberries and 1/2 the sugar. Then for serving just added the soda water, extra lemon juice and a lemon slice. I still think it's a bit sweet. The kids loved it though. Delicious on a tropical day.

[Frozzie]

im a bit confused as to why some are saying its so sweet...cordial is concentrated so if you want it less sweet you just add alot more water or soda water etc to the glass, bowl or other when consuming and use less cordial??  am i missing something??...obviously lemonade isnt the best solution but only soda water or normal water? 

[I Love Bimby!]

Frozzie, for me I wanted more fruit flavour than sugar sweetness.

We still use the same amount of cordial in the glass as before but the berry flavour comes through a lot more now.

[judydawn]

Spot on ILB. 

[sue_h]

Frozzie, as ILB said it's the fruit flavour I was after rather than the sugar flavour. If I dilute it too much then I lose the fruit flavour as well. Make sense?

[Frozzie]

yes thanks..ILB, JD and sue_h.. i never had that problem ie the berry flavour was quite present but maybe the variety is different and the flavour stronger here...i will however try less sugar and more fruit to try it out..after all..less sugar is always better 

[judydawn]

Less is certainly best Frozzie 

[cookie1]

I bought a kilo of frozen raspberries (Nanna's brand) at Woolies for $7.99 this morning. More cordial coming up.

[Azar]

Has anyone tried apple and raspberry together?

[judydawn]

No, but it does sound nice Azar.  Welcome to the forum by the way.

[lozzylooloo]

After reading through this thread, I wanted to kind of double thre recipe button have it too sweet.  Following the suggestions of others, my final quantities were as follows:

270g frozen raspberries (thawed)
600g water

Blitz 20 seconds, speed 4
Then 5 mins at 90degrees, speed 2

Strained in to a separate jug, then weighed the strained liquid back in to the    (this made 760g)

I then added just under half that amount of sugar into the  (so I added 340g sugar)

Then, heat for 6 minutes, 90degrees, speed 2
Then I added 60g fresh squeezed lemon juice, and mixed speed 2 for another 10 seconds or so to ensure it was combined.

Poured into sterilised jars - made over 1 litre.
Very happy with final flavour - to me it tastes mostly like raspberries, not sugar.

Next time, I would skim the foam off the top at the end before bottling - it has risen to top in the biggest bottle I used, but not sure if this is just cosmetic or will affect the texture as I haven't used that bottle yet.

Definitely happy with this! Thank you all for the advice and tweaks

[cookie1]

I've just done another batch of this. Each time I make it I have been reducing the sugar even more. Now I put half the sugar and take another 50-60 g less as well. So if you need 340g sugar, I only put 280-290 g in. It is still sweet enough. I will try to get it down even more if I can without harming the flavour.