Pea Shoot Cordial Recipe with 5 Cocktail and Drink uses

Sweet, grassy and delicate pea shoot cordial recipe for use in cocktails, non-alcoholic cocktails and pea shoot sodas. Along with 5 drink recipes and creative ideas to use your pea shoot cordial.

Pea shoot cordial recipe

I’m back again with another sustainable drinks recipe. This time, we are talking pea shoots. The completely edible by-product of growing peas that boast an array of nutritional value and delicious garden freshness to any drink in which they are added.

What are Pea Shoots?

what are pea shoots

Pea shoots are the small leaves that grow alongside the common pea plant. Whilst peas will take a whole summer to grow, the leaves can be ready to harvest after just a few weeks. 

Pea shoots are completely edible, easy to grow, and taste much like their namesake but with a much more subtle and grass forward flavour. Making them perfect for drink recipes.

They look brilliant used as garnishes for many dishes and drinks and boast seven times more vitamin C than blueberries.

How does Pea Shoot Cordial taste?

Pea shoot cordial recipe photo

Pea shoots taste unsurprisingly like fresh English peas. However, unlike peas they have a crisp, sweet and grassy flavour. Those added notes of grass and earthiness makes this work perfectly in a cordial recipe like this.

Adding the lemon juice gives a sour bite and that sweetness balances and those earthy flavours making this cordial the perfect addition to any cocktail or drink that you want to give a sweet grassy note to.


Pea shoot cordial recipe

Without further ado, here is the recipe for my pea shoot cordial. Skim through this recipe and gather your ingredients. Other than the “waiting to cool” part of this it’s a very quick recipe and super simple to make. 

Pea shoot cordial recipe photo

Ingredients

  • 30grams Pea shoots

  • 500ml Water

  • 500grams Granulated sugar

  • 50ml Fresh Lemon juice

Method

  1. Add the water and sugar to a saucepan and slowly bring to a boil whilst stirring.

  2. Once all the sugar has dissolved and the mix is clear, stir in your pea shoots.

  3. Take off the heat and allow the mixture to infuse whilst cooling for 30 minutes.

  4. Strain out the pea shoots and stir in the fresh lemon juice.

  5. Bottle and refrigerate.


Tips & Tricks

Because of the lemon juice within this recipe, your cordial will last up to 2 weeks refrigerated. If you want your pea shoot cordial to last longer, you can add 2-5 grams of citric acid in place of the lemon juice. The flavour will stay the same but the cordial will last much longer.

Making sure to fully fine strain your cordial will also help it stay fresher for longer. You could also add 50ml of vodka to keep any nasty bacteria making its way into your cordial. Even in non-alcoholic drink recipes, the overall ABV of the drink will still be <0.5% 

Pea shoot cordial flavour pairings

This pea shoot cordial works well with a variety of flavours, mainly that which are refreshing and floral. Here’s a few pairings to consider matching with this pea shoot cordial.

Spirit pairings

  • Vodka

  • Gin

  • Tequila Blanco

Other alcoholic pairings

  • White wine - specifically chardonnay and sauvignon blanc

  • Fino sherry

Non-alcoholic and flavour pairings

  • Elderflower

  • Citrus

  • Cucumber

  • Grapefruit

  • Orange

5 Pea Shoot Cocktails and Drink Recipes


#1 Pea Shoot Soda Recipe

Ingredients

  • 20ml Pea Shoot Cordial

  • 250ml Sparkling water

Method

  1. Pour ingredients into a tall glass over ice.

  2. Give a light stir and garnish with pea shoots or a lemon wedge


#2 Green Fingers Recipe

Ingredients

  • Apple Skin infused gin

  • Pea shoot cordial

  • Soda water

Click here to view the full recipe


#3 The Botanist Recipe

Ingredients

  • Seedlip Garden 108

  • Pea shoot cordial

  • Soda water

Click here to view the full recipe


#4 Pea shoot Margarita Recipe

Ingredients

  • 50ml Tequila Blanco

  • 10ml Cointreau

  • 25ml Pea shoot cordial

  • 20ml Lemon juice

Method

  1. Pour everything into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice.

  2. Strain into a coupe and garnish with pea shoots.


#5 Pea shoot Spritz Recipe

Ingredients

  • 100ml Sauvignon blanc

  • 20ml Pea shoot cordial

  • 10ml St. Germain

  • 100ml Soda water

Method

  1. Add everything to a large wine glass filled with cubed ice.

  2. Give a light stir to combine and garnish with pea shoots


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