They are - bung a load of sloes & some sugar into your gin. Keep it in a dark cupboard, taking it out to shake every now & then. Keep it till Christmas, then strain out the berries & bottle it up in tiny, pretty bottles to give to all your friends, who will ooh and aah at your skill
Well technically you're supposed to pierce all the sloes with a pin, but you can just squash them a little, or freeze them for a few days to make the skin more porous. But otherwise, very easy indeed, amd a gorgeous colour
We'll probably find some confused young pigeons wandering in our garden in a few weeks. Found some empty pigeon eggshells, and have seen a (very wobbly) nest in our willow tree. It better not storm, or who knows what will happen to that wobbly nest.
Really enjoyed this one! Can’t wait until the elderberries ripen up here so I can make some pontack sauce.
Blackthorn berries must be where sloe gin comes from!
Beautiful post gem. A little of everything.
They are - bung a load of sloes & some sugar into your gin. Keep it in a dark cupboard, taking it out to shake every now & then. Keep it till Christmas, then strain out the berries & bottle it up in tiny, pretty bottles to give to all your friends, who will ooh and aah at your skill
I didn’t realise it was so easy! I have tried sloe gin before but always assumed it was a bit more involved than that.
Well technically you're supposed to pierce all the sloes with a pin, but you can just squash them a little, or freeze them for a few days to make the skin more porous. But otherwise, very easy indeed, amd a gorgeous colour
Oh what a lovely idea! I wouldn’t know where to get them here in the US. Maybe I could rebottle the store-bought sloe gin and pas it off as my own 😏😂
You can do similar with cranberries and some orange peel for something quite psychedelically red and festive
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We'll probably find some confused young pigeons wandering in our garden in a few weeks. Found some empty pigeon eggshells, and have seen a (very wobbly) nest in our willow tree. It better not storm, or who knows what will happen to that wobbly nest.
Honestly surprised the species has survived with such poor nest-building skills. Fingers crossed for fledglings at the right time though!
How funny, my husband and I so often say that to each other when we see the pigeons and their nest building efforts. It is certainly a miracle.