Put a date in your calendar (in october ish) to forage for sloe berries and apples
No matter what the weather, (in fact it's even more refreshing in the wind and rain) go and collect a bucket or two load
NB it may be useful to bring a step ladder or a stool - keep your harvest location secret
2 recipes for sloe berry produce
- Apple and sloe berry Jelly (v v tasty especially with meat and root vegetables)
- Sloe gin by Si (below)
Sloe gin recipe
- Wash sloes and freeze (when ready to make gin, take sloes from freezer and defrost)
- Sterilise some bottles
- Fill a bottle to 2/3 full with sloe berries (no need to prick berries as this sometimes makes the gin cloudy) - remember to weigh the sloes before putting them in the bottle
- pour 1/2 the weight of the sloes in granulated sugar into the bottle
- Fill the rest of the bottle with gin and seal the bottle
- Turn the bottles daily until the sugar's dissolved
- Leave to rest for a minimum of 6 weeks before drinking
- After a year decant the sloe gin from the bottle (this will ensure that the sloe gin doesn't go off)
- Soak the sloe gin berries in sherry for another yummy drink
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