Cooking with Tallyrand

fruit cordial is a great way of making use of any glut of berries. Keep it chilled in bottles for a couple of months 

it can be used in so many ways

1. lightly rinse the fruit and drain
2. place the fruit, sugar and juice and grated zest of the oranges into a large saucepan or preserving pan, place over a low heat, simmer gently and stir frequently until liquid has reduced slightly and the fruit is nicely pulped (approx 15 minutes)
3. pass the pulp through a fine sieve, to remove pips etc
4. pour into bottles and cool
5. once cool, refrigerate and consume within the month
    

to use

• quarter fill a glass with cordial, add ice and top with chilled water, soda water, tonic or similar
• quarter fill a tea cup, add a teabag and top with hot water for a refreshing fruit tea
• pour over ice cream for a delicious topping
• pour into a ice cube trays and freeze for great flavoured cubes 
• add to custard and place into ice cream machine 
• pour into ice cream machine neat, to make a sorbet
• use a 50/50 mix of cordial and chicken or beef stock and simmer until only 50% remains for a sauce to go with venison, duck or other game meats

See also

recipe - blackberry butter
recipe - blackberry cheese
recipe - blackberry autumnal pudding
recipe - blackberry brulee
recipe - blackberry cobbler
recipe - blackberry cordial syrup
recipe - blackberry crumble

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