Name: Blackberry-vanilla cordial
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 500 gm frozen blackberries (see note); Thinly peeled rind and juice of 1 orange, plus extra orange slices to serve; 275 gm white sugar, or as required (1¼ cups); 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 2 tbsp white vinegar; To serve: sparkling mineral water or soda water and ice cubes

Blackberry-vanilla cordial

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Blackberry-vanilla cordial for a Great Gatsby party

Serves 12

Prep

25M

Cook

20M

Total

45M

This cordial makes a refreshing non-alcoholic beverage, but also works well with a splash of gin. Win-win, really.

Ingredients

500 gm frozen blackberries (see note)

Thinly peeled rind and juice of 1 orange, plus extra orange slices to serve

275 gm white sugar, or as required (1¼ cups)

1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped

2 tbsp white vinegar

To serve: sparkling mineral water or soda water and ice cubes

Method

Main

1.Bring blackberries, orange rind, juice and 500ml water to the simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat, simmer until pulpy (12-15 minutes), then strain through a fine sieve, pressing to extract juice (discard solids). Strain again through a fine sieve lined with muslin, measure liquid into a clean pan and add sugar, cup for cup. Add vanilla bean and seeds, stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves, bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low-medium and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool slightly, add vinegar, transfer to a sterile glass bottle and refrigerate until required. Makes about 500ml.

2.To serve, pour cordial to taste into glasses, top up with mineral water, ice and orange.