Dandelion cordial

[Green Rosie]

I'll post up the recipe tomorrow - neighbours have just left and I need to go to bed now (especially as I had small boy and barking dog waking me up last night)

[Green Rosie]

Dandelion Jelly

Approx 400 dandelion heads
750mls of boiling water
1kg of preserving sugar
Juice of 1 lemon

Pick the dandelions when they are in full flower and dry. Carefully pull off the petals. It is best to pick a few at a time, de-petal them and then pick some more as this is rather time consuming and they wilt quite quickly. Better still, get an army of small children to do the picking for you. 400 flowers should give you about 1 litre of petals. Place these in a pan and cover with boiling water. Bring back to boil, then cool and then leave overnight in the fridge to infuse. The next day strain the liquid into a pan and discard the petals. Heat to boiling point, add the sugar and lemon juice. Stir to dissolve the sugar, bring back to boil then hard boil for 1 minute. Skim off any surface scum and pour into hot, sterilised jam jars. Cover straight away or when totally cold. Makes 5 jars.

[Annpan]

Thanks GR... I'll see how the cordial goes (I have the heads steeping just now)

Can I ask - why do you need the remove the petals? is it just the way that you do it, or is their a specific reason? Seems very time consuming.

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what does it taste like GR?

[Silver Ether]

The dandelion Jelly recipe link doesn't seem to be working can any one HEEEElp please

[Green Rosie]

Thanks GR... I'll see how the cordial goes (I have the heads steeping just now)

Can I ask - why do you need the remove the petals? is it just the way that you do it, or is their a specific reason? Seems very time consuming.

The green bits give the jelly/cordial/jam a too bitter flavour. It is time consumming so best done sitting in the sun with some good music to listen to and something alcololic to drink

what does it taste like GR?

Very delicate flavour, not at all earthy and not at all what I expected

The dandelion Jelly recipe link doesn't seem to be working can any one HEEEElp please

It worked when I tried - if not try Dandelion jam in Google

[Annpan]

Well the cordial is really lovely, a little bit too sweet but next time I'll use less sugar