When made with fresh mint then lime and mint cordial will have a lovely flavour.

It’s easy to make and ideal when:

• Blended with sparkling or still water over ice
• Or used as part of a cocktail.

Fresh mint is great for making cordials.The recipe below shows how to use it to make lime and mint cordial – but there are lots of other fruits you can use to make your own preferred flavour. Such as strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, etc.

How to make Lime and Mint Cordial

Ingredients:

• 225 g Caster sugar
• 160 ml Fresh Mint Leaves (About 2/3 cup)
• 2 Limes
• 250 ml Water

Equipment

• Large saucepan
• Grater

Instructions

• Pick the mint and remove the leaves from the stem
• Grate the limes, and extract the juice
• Pour the water and sugar in the saucepan, stir and heat until the sugar disolves
• Then add the mint and lime zest
• Simmer for 20 minutes
• Remove from heat and add the lime juice
• Stir and let cool.
• Then pour through a sieve into a bottle

How to use the cordial

Dilute 1 part cordial with 4 parts water

3 Ways to grow mint at home

More information

Hopefully the guide to how to make fresh lime and mint cordial might inspire you to grow your own fresh mint at home.

To grow your own mint

It’s not very difficult to grow your own at home – even indoors (in your kitchen, spare bedroom, garage, etc. All you will need are seeds, growing system and some growing lights. There is detailed description of the – indoor herb growing system