Lemon Cordial

• 7-10 Lemons
• 450 g raw sugar
• 500 ml water

• Zest 4 lemons
• Juice lemons (you will need about 500 ml of lemon juice)
• Add 500 ml water to a saucepan with 450 g of granulated raw sugar
• Stir until the sugar has dissolved
• Bring the pan to the boil for a minute or so, until the sugar water mixture has slightly thickened
• Add 500 ml of lemon juice and the lemon zest to the pan and stir
• As soon as it comes back up to boiling point remove the pan from the heat and give it a good stir with a whisk
• Allow to cool slightly then strain the mixture through a sieve into a clean bowl. We don’t do this step as we like the pith in the the cordial!
• Pour the mixture from the bowl into a jug and then into your glass bottle/container