Happy New Year to one & all!
To celebrate lets make some celebratory sloe gin together!
On Boxing Day this year I went on a lovely walk with my wonderful family. My mum has never known what a sloe looks like so for those of you who are in the same boat, here they are:
Sloes are the fruit of the blackthorn, and look like small, marble-shaped plums hanging in clusters.
You will need to pick about 1lb of sloes to make 1litre of sloe gin, but try not to pick from the top of the bush, leave some for the birds to guzzle over winter!
Ingredients:
1lb Sloes
8oz Caster Sugar
1litre Gin
1. Prick the sloes with a needle & transfer into a sterilised bottle.
2. Pour in the sugar & the gin (or get my mum to be so excited by the prospect of gin that she wants to do it...).
3. Seal tightly & shake well (again, my mum doing the hard work...).
4. Store in a cool dark place & shake every other day for a week. Then shake once a week for at least 2 months (or get the boyfriend to do it, whilst you take pictures....).
5. Strain the sloe gin in to a sterilised bottle.
6. SUCCESS!
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