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Recipe

Lemon barley and ginger cordial

It’s hard to beat a cold lemon drink when you are hot, or a hot lemon drink when you have a cold. Nana’s homemade lemon, barley and ginger cordial (or ‘squash’ if you prefer) is perfect for both.

Apr 30, 2014 2:00pm
  • 15 mins cooking
  • Makes 1
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Ingredients

Lemon barley and ginger cordial
  • 100 gram pearl barley
  • 6 cup water
  • finely grated zest of 2 lemons
  • 3 slice ginger
  • 250 millilitre lemon juice
  • 1 cup sugar
  • hot or cold water, to serve
  • cinnamon quills, if serving hot (optional)

Method

Lemon barley and ginger cordial
  • 1
    Rinse the barley well under running water then place in a saucepan with the water, lemon zest and ginger slices. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain into a jug, discarding barley and ginger.
  • 2
    Return the liquid to the saucepan and add the lemon juice and sugar and heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour cordial into a clean bottle and store in the fridge.
  • 3
    To serve, use a ratio of 1 part cordial to 2 parts hot or cold water. Add a cinnamon quill if serving hot.

Notes

If you like ginger, use 4 slices; if you like it more lemony, use 2 slices ginger.

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