Lemon or Lime Cordial

Name: Lemon or Lime Cordial (Sharbat Ab-Limoo)
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: 250 ml lemon (or lime) juice (about 10 lemons or 14 limes); 250 ml lemon (or lime) juice (about 10 lemons or 14 limes); 600 g sugar; 750 ml water; zest of 1 lemon; 250 ml lemon (or lime) juice (about 10 lemons or 14 limes); 250 ml lemon (or lime) juice (about 10 lemons or 14 limes)

Sharbat Ab-Limoo

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

About

This is a classic. I serve it in sugar-frosted glasses. My mother-in-law uses Persian bottled lime juice, which is very strong and pure having merely been pasteurized – but I prefer to use fresh.

Ingredients

750 ml water
600 g sugar
250 ml

Asia
Iran
Sauce
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the water and sugar together in a pan until the latter is all dissolved. Add the lemon (or lime) and zest, and heat gently for around 10 minutes more. Leave to cool, bottle and seal.