Description
My homemade Sloe Gin is a simple recipe but the results will leave your taste buds tingling. Do you have the patience for this tasty drink?
Ingredients
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- 500g (1lb) sloe berries
- 250g (1 cup) granulated sugar
- 1L (4 cups) gin
Instructions
- Wash the sloe berries, then remove any leaves, twigs and stalks from the fruit. Discard mouldy or any dodgy looking berries from the mix.
- Place the sloe in a clean 2L clip top preserve jar.
- Add the sugar then top with gin.
- Close the lid and store somewhere cool and dark.
- Give the jar a shake every day until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Leave to mature for at least 3 months. For best results, consume after 1 year of steeping.
- Place a sheet of muslin over a sieve and strain the gin.
- Decant into sterilised bottles, then seal and label.
- Use the sloe gin in your favourite cocktails. Enjoy!
Notes
- Any glass bottle with a cap will do the job. In this case you can even use two 1L gin bottles and split the ingredients between the two!
- To err on the safe side, don’t soak it for longer than a year because the fruit may go off and destroy the drink.
- Reserve the fruit for other applications such as in sauces, jellies or desserts. You can use them again and make sloe sherry!
- After the sloe gin has been strained, it should keep indefinitely because of the high alcohol content.
- If you have a sweet tooth, you can add more sugar. Alternatively, you can sweeten it up after the infusion took place.
- Keep track of the ratios you use, so that you can repeat your successes!
- Use golden caster sugar instead of white sugar to obtain caramel notes in your drink.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Steep
- Cuisine: British