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- Prep time:
- 20 mins, plus 4 - 5 months resting time
- Cook time:
- Serves:
- makes 750ml - 1 litre
Diana Henry shows how simple it is to make this much-loved home brew
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Tips and suggestions
- Cooks Tips...
- Sloe Gin makes a great alternative to cassis in Kir Royale.
Ingredients
- 1kg Sloes, washed and frozen
- 85g caster sugar
- 750ml – 1 litre gin
Method
1. Put the frozen sloes into a sterilised jar and add the sugar. Cover, shake well and leave in a dry place - you would usually have to slit each sloe but freezing them means they burst of their own accord.2. Shake the bottle every few days for the next 4-6 weeks.
3. Add two-thirds of the bottle of gin, put the lid on again, shake and leave for 3 months, shaking regularly.
4. Decant the liquid and strain into smaller bottles, filling them about 2/3 full.
5. Taste and decide how much gin you want to add to each bottle as a top up. Put a stopper in each bottle.
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