Apparently, this is a little like slow gin. I borrowed this recipe from the The River Cottage web site. Ingredients: 2kg / 4lbs blackberries …
Drinks
Chai Tea Latte
1 clove1 cardamom, split1/2cm ginger, sliced1/3 cinnamon stickGrated nutmeg1 cracked green cardomom black tea (bout a teabag’s worth)1 tsp brown sugar1 mug milk Warm the milk …
Coffee liquor
750 ml white rum 1 1/4 cups dark rum 1 1/2 cups sugar 3/4 pound whole coffee beans a vanilla pod cinnamon stick, slice of …
Elderflower Cordial
25 heads of elderflowers 1.5kg sugar 1.5l water 50g citric acid 2 lemons, thinly sliced pick the flower heads that have 2/3 of the flowers …
Ginger Beer
450g (1lb) Sugar 4.5lt (8 pints) Water 1 Lemon 40g (1½oz) Root Ginger 25g (1 oz) Cream of Tartar 25g (1 oz) Brewers or Wine …
Grapefruit Squash (low-cal)
100g canderel sweetener (aspartame)28g citric acid5 grapefruit1l water In a pan, grate the zest off the grapefruits and add the sweetener, citric acid and water. …
Lemon squash
As made by my auntie Gwen. Ingredients are rough measures, so taste it and tweak to get it right. 4 lemons 1 tbl spoon citric …
Lemonade
INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup) 1 cup water (for the simple syrup) 1 cup lemon juice (4-6 lemons) Grated rind of …
Mum’s Apple fizzy drink (not quite cider)
3lbs cooking apples – minced, incl peel & cores12 pints water2lbs sugar3 lemons mince the apples and add to a bucket – add cold water …
Nettle Beer
6 ltr waterA small carrier bag of nettle tops, washedJuice of 1 lemon, strainedJuice of 1 orange, strained750g caster sugar30g cream of tartar5g yeast 1. …