#+TITLE: Sloe gin #+DATE: 2018-05-23 12:00:00 UTC #+DESCRIPTION: Sloe Gin recipe #+FILETAGS: recipe:fermenting #+CATEGORY: recipe #+SLUG: sloe-gin #+HTML_DOCTYPE: #+SETUPFILE: ./templates/org/readthedocs.txt #+THUMBNAIL: ./sloe-gin.jpg [[./sloe-gin.jpg]] * 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.