Having waited so long for the sloes, and then to find time to do it, we've just mixed up a batch of sloe gin. It takes longer than you'd think, pricking all the sloes. Usual recipe: 255 g of pricked sloes, 130 g of sugar, into a jar with 750 ml gin. I've shaken them a couple of times, and will continue to do so over the next few days, and then they'll go into the pantry to be shaken when I remember...
Due to waiting for the first frost to collect them, I'm not sure the gin will be ready by Christmas; it'd normally be left for three months or so, which makes it mid-February. Never mind...as I've said, I think picking them in October, frost or no frost, will be the plan for next year.
Thursday 19 November 2009
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