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Want to make your own cordial? Looking for ideas to bottle spring ingredients? Try our fun kitchen project then check out how to make kombucha, how to make shrubs and our summer cocktail recipes.

For more inspiration, check out our blackcurrant cordial, elderflower cordial, ginger cordial and rhubarb cordial.

Ingredients

  • 100g caster sugar
  • 1 large cucumber, roughly chopped
  • 2 limes, juiced

Method

  • STEP 1

    Put the sugar and 200ml water in a pan, and gently bring to a simmer, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Cool.

  • STEP 2

    Blitz the cucumber in a food processor until smooth, then strain the purée through a sieve into a bowl, pressing gently with a spatula to extract as much juice as possible.

  • STEP 3

    Stir in ½ of the sugar syrup, then taste and add a little more if you prefer it sweeter (any left-over syrup will keep in the fridge for a month).

  • STEP 4

    Strain the mixture again, then stir in the lime juice. Will keep in the fridge for two weeks. To serve, dilute with chilled sparkling or tonic water, or drizzle into a G&T.

Authors

Hannah Guinness olive magazine portrait
Hannah GuinnessSenior sub editor and drinks writer
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