Recipe by Sandy Kenneway

You may have met Sandy, mixing up a dangerously good cocktail at The Good Life Experience or Camp Glen Dye. Sandy shares his secret of a delicious homemade cordial, using just two ingredients.

makes: 1 small bottle
DIFFICULTY: easy

Ingredients

Skin and juice of 4 lemons
1.5 cups of white sugar

Method

1. Using a sharp peeler, take the skin off 4 lemons and add to a bowl with 1&1/2 cups of white sugar.

2. Using a wooden spoon, or muddling tool if you have one, gently press the skins and the sugar in the bowl until they have all had contact together. The sugar should have a slight glisten to it.

3. Cover with wrap and leave overnight. A sunny window ledge can speed things along.

4. Next day you will find the sugar has all dissolved and you have a very fragrant goo in the bowl.

5. Juice the lemons and add to the bowl, without worrying about pips and bits. Mix with the sugary solution and transfer to a pot.

6. Gently heat on the stove (do not boil) until all the sugar is fully dissolved, allow to cool and strain into a sterilised bottle or container. Voila!

TIPS

This lemon cordial can be diluted to taste. It will taste like the best old-fashioned lemonade you have ever tasted. My preferred option is to combine with soda water and lots of ice.

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