Mum’s lemon cordial

 Lemon (or Lime) squash

2 cups of lemon juice

6 cups of sugar

3 cups of warm(I use boiling) water

1 teaspoon of citric acid.

Wash the lemons and squeeze them. Finely chop the peel of half of them. (i just cut them up as they are discarded.)

Add the peel to the sugar and water. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, warming slightly if necessary.

Strain. Add the lemon juice and the citric acid and mix well.

Bottle and sterilise in the usual manner

If making blood orange and Campari..add half a cup at the end of the process…… just before bottling.…