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| Minty lime lemon cordial |
Luckily I now have many friends who also have a wonder-toy and who are happy to share recipes. Such as this one that my friends Brad and Cathie made me when I popped over for afternoon tea a few weeks back.
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| My wonder-toy. AKA Thermomix |
Minty lime lemon cordial
by Mel Kettle [with thanks to Thermomix]
What you need:
80-100g sugar [I like it quite tart - makes the gin taste better]
generous handful of mint leaves
250g ice cubes
3 limes with skin, scrubbed, cut in half
2-3 lemons [2 if big and juicy, 3 if smaller] with skin, scrubbed, ends trimmed, cut into quarters
300-350g fizzy water [preferably sparkling mineral water]
What you do:
Place sugar and mint into Thermomix and blitz for 10 seconds on speed 10.
Add the ice and blitz for 6 seconds on speed 8.
Add lime, lemon and water. Set the dial to closed lid position and push the turbo button 2-3 times.
Strain through the Thermomix basket into a bowl. Once the bulk of the liquid is out, use a nut milk or a curd and jelly bag (or some muslin or a clean chux) to strain and squeeze out the remainder of the liquid.
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| A curd and jelly bag - just a very fine polyester bag. Great for squeezing out excess liquids |
To serve, pour equal amounts of cordial and fizzy mineral water over ice, garnish with a slice of lime and fresh mint.
Or, even better, add a generous [very generous...] splash of gin or vodka in place of some or all of the fizzy mineral water. Or replace mineral water with a bit of tonic for a posh G&T. SO GOOD!
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| This bottle doesn't last long in our house! |
4 comments:
Mel, love the freshness of mint! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
That looks refreshing. Tonight I'm going to try some Ginger Beer with a dash of Limoncello, mint and swirl with one of your lemongrass stalks.
This looks delicious Mel! Do you think a syrup like rice syrup or maple syrup might work? Or would it change the flavour too much? My favourite summer drink is definitely a banana or mango almond milk smoothie in the thermomix!
I usually mix it up with some meat scraps and feed it to my chickens :)
But, you can try mixing it into pancakes, muffins, and maybe into a cream cheese icing for a not to sweet muffin topper? Otherwise, it makes wonderful compost, under the vegetables when you plant - put the pulp in the base of the hole.
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