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Blood Plum Cordial

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Plum Cordial

We’re not really cordial drinkers in the Delicious Everyday house. In fact, the last time we had cordial was when I made Lemon Cordial last year.  While I usually only drink water or tea I felt like a change. So when I was browsing for plum recipes the other day and saw this beautiful Blood Plum Cordial recipe on Gourmet Traveller I knew I had to make it.

Making this cordial the house filled with the most amazing plummy aromas, reminiscent of jam making, but thankfully so much easier.  And it’s quite beautiful too, the syrup has deep blood red colour, similar to red wine, when finished.

Enjoy this beautiful plum cordial with water, with lemonade, or with sparkling mineral water and a squeeze of lime. Add a little if you want a subtle plum flavour and add more if you want more of that delicious plumminess.  It’s also a great mixer for cocktails. Try it with a little vodka, or even with some gin. It’s also lovely to add a small quantity to a glass of champagne.

Delicious, easy and a great way to use the beautiful plums that are in season at the moment. What more could you ask for?

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Blood Plum Cordial

Recipe from Gourmet Traveller. Makes approximately 650mls of cordial.
Author Delicious Everyday

Ingredients

  • 500 g blood plums stones removed and coarsely chopped
  • 500 ml of water
  • approximately 275g white sugar
  • 25 ml lemon juice
  • 25 ml orange juice
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 vanilla bean split and seeds scraped

Instructions

  1. Add the plums to a saucepan, along with the water and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Simmer for 15 minutes.
  2. Strain through a fine sieve, pressing to extract juice, discard solids, then strain liquid through muslin or paper towel and pour the liquid into a measuring jug and note how much liquid remains.
  3. Return to the saucepan to a medium heat and combine the plum liquid with an equal measure of sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves.
  4. Add vanilla seeds and the lemon and orange juice, bring to the boil, reduce heat to low-medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Remove from heat, add vinegar and stir to combine, then transfer to a sterile glass bottle, seal and refrigerate.

Recipe Notes

Serve as a mixer with lemonade or mineral water, or in cocktails with Vodka and Gin. It's also lovely added a glass of champagne.

 

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  1. Hi I’m thinking of making this drink, but i have a question. What is the ratio of the cordial liquid to the lemonade or mineral water?

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    • This is purely a matter of personal preference. As I don’t like my drinks overly sweet I only use a small amount, whereas, my husband uses twice the amount of cordial to water than I do. So have a play with it and work out the ratio that works for you 🙂

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  2. I just made some of this. I used Omega plums which have a lovely aromatic quality. I got far much more juice after pressing than the 275 mL you anticipated (450mL) though since I usually find most recipes too sweet, I kept the 275 g of sugar. I left out the vanilla, because I generally don’t like it. I will see if this leaves an essential lacking in the final product and report back.

    With the discarded solids, I recommend adding sugar to taste, and a squeeze of lemon. Serve in bowls with cream and eat with a spoon. Lovely stewed plums.

    Thanks for the only non-alcoholic plum cordial recipe I’ve been able to find.

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    • Ok, I just couldn’t wait for it to cool down and I tried some with some filtered water. It is divine. For the second glass I added some lime. Also excellent.

      You rock. Thanks : )

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  5. Great recipe! Any particular reason that you stone the fruit before cooking? I didn’t and removed the stones during the sieving process. Didn’t seem to affect the flavour….

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  14. I have a groaning plum tree which would be just about ready for harvest. This recipe would be just perfect – oh, what a shame to miss out on them!

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    • Hi Anna,

      I’m not sure how long it will last. I was wondering the same thing to be honest, but I suspect it would last a couple of months….if it isn’t drunk before then 😀

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