Lemon Cordial

I left my kids for first time alone at home during  last weekend, because my hubby and I went to Melbourne to visit our dear friends, V and M.

It was scary experience ...  for me! 

Boys were happy to stay alone and do anything they wanted.

When we returned, I found a bag of lemons in front of my door. Other couple of friends brought some of their organic garden products, so I had to use them somehow.

Ingredients:

500 g sugar

500 ml water

peel from 7 lemons (outer part only)

500 ml lemon juice, strained

Method:

Cook sugar, water  and lemon peel for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice and bring to boil. Take off of heat, cool slightly, take out lemon peel, then bottle it. Drink the rest (diluted with icy water) immediately! ;-)

Sirup od limuna

Prvi put sam ostavila moje djecake same kuci preko vikenda, dok smo suprug i ja bili u posjeti dragim prijateljima V i M u Melbourne-u.

Bio je to zastrasujuci dozivljaj ... za mene!

Djecaci su jedva docekali da ostanu sami i rade sto im je volja.

Po povratku, sam ispred vrata, nasla vrecicu sa organskim limunima. Drugi par prijatelja ih je donio i nekako sam ih morala iskoristiti, jer su svjezi, neprskani iz njihove baste.

Potrebno:

500 gr secera

1/2 l vode

kora (spoljni dio samo) od 7 limuna

1/2 l iscijedjenog soka limuna

Nacin:

Stavite secer, limunovu koru i vodu da prokuhaju. Nakon 5 minuta kuhanja ubacite limunov sok, pa 

ponovo dovedite do vrenja. Smaknite s vatre, malo prohladite. Izvadite koru limuna; Uspite u flashu, a ostatak popijte odmah ;-)

Pictures from  Melbourne  ('Foter' photos, as mine are not so good!)

mugley / Foter / CC BY-SA

mugley / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND

WanderingtheWorld (www.LostManProject.com) / Foter / CC BY-NC

Twitchphoto / Foter / CC BY-NC

mugley / Foter / CC BY-SA

Rose Petals Cordial

Rose petals are edible. In Bosnia (and many other countries) they're used for making cordials and jams. Only non-hybrid roses can be used, as only they have specific smell / aroma. Red roses give beautiful refreshing drink, while white roses are mostly used for jams.

Ingredients: (for 1L of cordial)
6 large red roses (petals only), quickly washed in cold water
1 1/2 tsp citric acid granules (from your supermarket)
a 500 ml jar with lid
water
1 1/4 cup sugar + 1 cup water (for syrup)
Method:
Place rose petals into a jar, sprinkle citric acid on top and pour water to the top. Close the lid, shake jar well until citric acid solved. Place jar into sunny spot for at least 48 hours.
After 2  days, strain water with rose petals into a bottle. Boil sugar with 1 cup water and let it cool slightly. Pour it in bottle with rose water and shake well. Keep refrigerated. Use as cordial.
Note: If you boil strained petals with 1/2 cup sugar (6-8 minutes in microwave), you'll get rose jam!

Sirup od Ružinih Latica

Kao sto znate, ruzine latice se mogu koristiti u prehrani. U nasim krajevima (a i sire) se koriste za pravljenje sirupa i dzema. Samo ne-hibridne ruze mozete koristiti, jer imaju specificnu aromu, za razliku od hibridnih, koje gotovo da nemaju nikakav miris. Crvene ruze se uglavnom koriste za pripremanje sirupa, dok se bijele ruze upotrebljavaju za pravljenje dzemova.

Potrebno: (za 1 L sirupa)

6 velikih crvenih ruza, latice saprane u hladnoj vodi

1,5 k limunske (citricne) kiseline - granule

1/2 L zapremine tegla / galon sa poklopcem

voda

1 1/4 solje secera + 1 solja vode - za sirup

Nacin:

Smjestite latice ruza u teglu, pospite sa limunskom kiselinom i zalijte vodom. Zavrnite poklopac, dobro izmuckajte sadrzinu i ostavite na suncanu poziciju najmanje 48 sati.

Nakon 2 dana, procijedite sadrzaj u flasu od 1 l. Prokuhajte secer sa 1 soljom vode, malo prohladite. Naspite u flasu sa ruzinom vodom i dobro promijesajte. Smjestite u frizider; koristite kao sirup za osvjezavajuci napitak. 

Napomena:  Ako preostale latice ruze prokuhate sa 1/2 solje secera (u mikrovalnoj 6-8 minuta), dobicete dzem od ruza!

Pink Lemonade

Spring has arrived in Australia, which means best strawberries are in season, and I want to share a recipe for a drink that even Von Traps loved.

Ingredients:
3/4 - 1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1/2 punnet strawberries, cleaned (120g)

Method:
Bring water and sugar to biol, stir until syrup formed. Cool a bit, but need to be warm. Put it in a food processor along with other ingredients and process. Strain and bottle it. You'll get cordial, which needs to be refrigerated (or frozen).

Pink limunada

Sastojci:
3/4- 1 solja secera
1/2 solje vode
1 solja limunovog soka, svjeze iscijedjen
120 gr jagoda, ociscenih

Nacin:
Prokuhati vodu sa secerom dok ne dobijete sirup. Malo prohladiti, pa sa ostalim sastojcima sipati u elektricnu sjeckalicu. Mljeti 1 minutu, pa procijediti i flasirati. Dobicete sirup, koji po ukusu razblazite s vodom. Cuvati u frizideru.