Think I’ve finally cracked the dandelion & burdock cordial recipe.

1 litre of water
900 g of granulated white sugar
100 g black treacle
25 g dandelion root
50 g burdock root
75 g star anise
25 g cassia bark (cheaper than cinnamon sticks but you can use them) 50 g fresh chopped ginger
1tsp citric acid

Add everything apart from the sugar and citric acid into a large pan and simmer for 20 minutes.

Let it cool to room temperature and let it steep for 24 hours.

Strain well and add the liquid back into a large pan with the sugar and citric acid.

Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Do not boil.

Cool and bottle.

It should yield around 1.5l of cordial.

by vbloke