[Wild Pony]

Many moons ago, my dear ol' Nan used to get a raisin cordial drink that she gave us each Christmas so we looked like we were all growed up and had a drink that looked like the brown Sherry she so haphazardly added to the trifle, cake, and puudings.

I have tried and tried to find it (it used to have a Monk on the label and was possibly called Blackfriars' Raisin Cordial), so if I can't find it, I thought, why not make it??

Does any of you lovely people know of a recipe I could try???

Cheers in advance, xxxxxxxxx

WP

[sloworm]

Have you tried google 

[Wild Pony]

Oh, sloworm, I'm googled out hon, and if I see one more entry for the National Raisin Co in California, I swear I'll..........I .........mmmmmmmmm (calm, calm) lololololol
Then I thought, blow google, I'll go to the one place where I'll get sensible answers.

[GrannieAnnie]

Sensible answers?  From us lot? 

Wish I could help, but I've never heard of it.  sounds interesting though!

My first Christmas drink to make me feel grown up was Stones Ginger wine!  I loved it!

[GrannieAnnie]

What about this one?  Raisin Cordial +    

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Brandy-and-Raisin-Cordial-Boerenjongens-159200

[Wild Pony]

Bless you GrannieAnnie but I don't do alcohol 

Of course you lot are sensible............well sometimes 

Next try will maybe be a Methodist Church purveyors.....mmmmmm where to look?

[Kate and her Ducks]

How about whizzing up about a lb of raisins in a processor, just to break them up a bit, boil in 1l of water for about 10 mins and then strain the resulting liquid over about 1kg of sugar and lox till disolved. I might add a bit of lemon juice to stop it being overpoweringly sweet and sticky.

Might be a disaster but you would only lose a kilo of sugar and a pound of raisins.

[Mosslane]

Hi Wild Pony

I don't know if this will be any good but it is from a book of country wines and drinks I have.

Welsh Nectar

One pound of raisins, 3 lemons, 2 pounds of sugar, 2 gallons of boiling water. Cut the peel of the lemon very thin, pour on the boiling water, and, when cool, add the strained juice of the lemons, the sugar, and the raisins, chopped very fine. Let it stand for a few hours, stir, then strain it through a jelly bag and bottle it.

2 gallons seems a lot so I guess you could adjust the recipe.

[GrannieAnnie]

Bless you GrannieAnnie but I don't do alcohol 

Neither would I if my Brian had his way!!   

[Wild Pony]

Wow, Mosslane, that sounds awesome, definately worth a go. Being as Wales is mainly "dry" as they are predominantly "Chapel" it would suit well.

See! you do get sense here. 

TY for all your help xxxxxxx

[specialbeat]

Hi there Wild Pony, did you have any luck with finding any Raisin Cordial or with the recipe suggested? I am in a very similar scenario to you. Every Christmas we always had Raisin Cordial and the parents used to call it "Childrens Sherry"! I live in Newbury in Berkshire and there used to be a local brewers here that used to make it.....alas the place shutdown years ago and I too have been wading through google to find it and found your post here. SO, have you had any luck yet? Many thanks and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Steve

[Chestnut Locks]

My sister and I have been trying to track down the same Raisin drink that we had every Christmas. We called it Raisin Wine and it was purchased from the Co-op. If you manage to recreate that same taste with a recipe then I would love to know. I have tried various brews but alas no success.  We lived in Wiltshire as children, perhaps it was a regional produce?

[chubsywubsy74]

Had the same cordial as a child (I'm 36), and I live in the Hampshire area so it was probably the same thing that you Berkshire and Wiltshire guys had.  It was made by a company called Chequers but they folded years ago.  They also did a ginger one. Will def have a go at that recipe because I loved it so much.  It could make me cough a bit though if I was greedy with it, and I normally was!

[No:1-Slinky]

Hi everyone, newbie here!

Yes I remember Raisin Cordial too, I'm 47 and me and my sister used to drink it every Christmas without fail. We couldn't get enough of the stuff and oddly enough I can still remember how it used to taste, even now!. Being the arty type I was intrigued by it's colour which if you held a glass to the light looked rather like looking through a dark Ruby, lovely!!!.

I'm not entirely sure where my dear mum used to buy it or weather it was delivered with our milk but like other's here I do wish I could find somewhere that sells it.

Oh how I look forward to watching 'Jason & The Argonauts' once again with my favourite tipple and a dish of cashews..., lovely jubbley! 

I like to Google so I'll report back if I find anything. 

Cheers all!

No:1-Slinky

[sunshineband]

Wow!

Clearly everyone is after raisin cordial 

Four first posters after it too 

I wish I knew the secret recipe. I'll have to search around too