#+TITLE: Sloe gin
#+DATE: 2018-05-23 12:00:00 UTC
#+DESCRIPTION: Sloe Gin recipe
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* Ingredients
- 500g Sloe's or damson's foraged from a hedgerow
- 250g caster sugar
- 1 Litre of gin

* Instructions
1. Prick the sloe's with a pin, alternatively freeze and the skins will hopefully crack.
2. place sloes and sugar in a bottle and pour in the gin
3. Shake for about a week once a day to help the sugar dissolve.
4. Leave for about 3/6 month's then strain the sloes and rebottle you dont want to see bad sloe's.
5. Drink or leave for about a year or more for an improved flavour.
