Wednesday, March 9, 2011

.*****...MAKE TASTY SQUASH, THIS SUMMER....****











'Squash' also known as 'cordial ' prior to mixing with water.
It is a sweetened or unsweetened fruit-based concentrate that
is mixed with a liquid, most commonly any  soda based or in water before drinking. 
Squash can be prepared using different fruit juice, so any
fruit, water and sugar are the basic ingredients needed to
make a tasty squash at home. There are different ways to
make squash, follow the recipe that you click with..
Make Orange Lemony squash : 
                                                 750 ml orange juice, squeezed out,
                                                    200 ml lemon juice squeezed out,
                                                    a little zest of both fruits when                                                            added does wonders.
                                                     350 ml water, 250 grams sugar,                                                         1tsp citric acid.

Boil water with sugar, add citric acid                                               add the zest of orange n lemon.                                                    Allow to cool, then add the juices. 
Store in bottles.

Make lemon squash : 1 cup lemon juice, 2 cups water, 
4 cups sugar.
Put water and sugar to boil, stir until, sugar dissolves. 
Let it cool down, then add the lemon juice.
Additional add-on's could be a little color, 
essence and a preservative. These if stored, in the fridge,
last longer, make fresh and have fresh.

Make lemon ginger squash :
500 grams sugar,
250 ml lemon juice, 400 ml water,
8-10 tbsp  fresh ginger juice.
Put the water to boil with sugar, stir until the sugar 
dissolves. Allow it to cool, then add the lemon and ginger juice.

TIPS... KEEP IN MIND, WHEN MAKING THE SQUASH...
1 THE AMOUNT OF WATER AT LEAST UP TO THE LEVEL OF SUGAR.
2 THE FOOD COLOR, ESSENCE AND PRESERVATIVE, ADD IF YOU WANT.
3 MAKE FRESH, KEEP IN FRIDGE WILL LAST LONGER..

Make Pineapple squash : 300 ml of water, 350 ml pineapple juice, 600 grams sugar and 1 tsp citric acid.
Put water and sugar to boil. Allow it to cool, then add pineapple juice and citric acid.
In this particular squash, the light yellow food color and pineapple essence does wonders..
###  " more to come"  ####

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