Tag: Gin
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Christmas-ready liqueurs from the hedgerows!
September and October is the perfect time to get all your home-made liqueurs ready for Christmas. The blackthorn hedges near us are full of fat, ripe sloe berries for making sloe vodka or gin – check out the recipe here from the archive. You can follow exactly the same recipe to make damson vodka by…
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It’s sloe vodka time!
Traditionalists maintain that you should wait to pick sloe berries until after the first frosts, however, it’s October and there’s no sign of frost on the horizon so now seems like as good a time as any! There are masses of ripe sloe (prunellier) berries in our nearby blackthorn hedges (and if we didn’t pick…
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Wimbledon gin and tonic sorbet
Well, I guess that you can’t rave about a recipe and then not share it can you? So, whether you wait for the next Wimbledon final to make it or just to wow guests at your next party, here’s how to make a delicious gin & tonic sorbet. You must use a premium brand of gin…
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