Home Made Cordial - Beetroot, Carrots & Lemon

Everyone in our household likes home made juices and cordials, syrups.

This is one that all our children like, it is made with beetroot, carrots and lemons.

Basic recipe is as follows:

1 kg of beetroot
1 kg of carrots
1 kg of lemons
200 grams of citric acid (granuls or liquid)
5 ltrs of water
5 kg of sugar

Grate up the beetroot and carrots
The lemon needs to be in slices.

Add 200 grams of citric acid

then add 5 ltrs of water

mix and then leave for 24 hours

after that pour through a cheese cloth, or fine strainer

then add 5 kg of sugar

Stir well until the sugar can not be seen

then leave for another 24 hours

after that, bottle it and keep in a cool, dark place.

For those who like sweet drinks, they can drink it as as, most people like to mix it with water, like a cordial drink.

Total produced with the above recipe is about 9 ltrs.

Try it, I am sure you will be surprised how tasty it is.

My children love it.

Thank you for reading.