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Sloe gin

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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.