Cocktails with Lime cordial
Lime cordial is a sweetened lime concentrate made from lime juice, sugar and water, used to add both sweetness and lime flavor in one go.
Substitutes for Lime cordial
A swap has to supply both halves, the sourness and the sugar. Juice with syrup gives a sharper, brighter version, and the cooked, slightly candied note of the bottle is what goes missing.
Often confused with
Fresh lime juice
Sour, aromatic and unsweetened, and substituting one for the other by volume leaves a drink either bracingly sour or cloying.
Lime syrup
A lime-flavored sugar syrup without the preserved-peel note the cordial carries. It is simpler and reads sweeter, so a Gimlet built on it loses the bitter edge and needs a squeeze of fresh juice.
Storage
Sealed at room temperature for months, refrigerated once open. It is a preserved product and does not go off quickly, but the aroma flattens with time and an old bottle tastes mostly of sugar.
