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sloe gin recipes & questions
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mirry
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any recommended recipes much appreciated, thanks.
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We'll see if anyone else comes up with one. Otherwise I can ask my Bampa for his (glorious) recipie.
I LOVE sloe gin!!!!Am not witty enough to put something cool and informative here:o
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I used to make this and used one third of the bottle of p r i c k e d over sloes, one third of the bottle sugar and the rest topped up with gin. Keep turning it every day till the sugar is dissolved and keep at least 3 months. Wonderful it is for xmas and new year
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susank wrote:I used to make this and used one third of the bottle of p r i c k e d over sloes, one third of the bottle sugar and the rest topped up with gin. Keep turning it every day till the sugar is dissolved and keep at least 3 months. Wonderful it is for xmas and new year
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Lots of sloes on the trees near us, has anyone got a recipe for sloe gin please?0
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I just use 1Lb of sloes and 1Lb of sugar with 1 litre of gin. Peirce the sloes to the stone and then put them in an air tight jar with the sugar and gin. Leave this for about three months, give it a good shake up every couple of weeks or so, Strain it through some muslin cloth and back into the bottle and its done0
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Cut some of the sloes in half to check for bugs. Unless the tree has been cared for, a lot of the sloes will contain grubs.0
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I've never done that before, can't be needed as I've never had a problem before, if you get the sloes after a heavy frost you're not supposed to have to pierce them either.linlin wrote:Cut some of the sloes in half to check for bugs. Unless the tree has been cared for, a lot of the sloes will contain grubs.
Or lets put it this way, I've never actually tasted the grubs anyway......... or maybe I have and they tasted nice
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beer2006 wrote:if you get the sloes after a heavy frost you're not supposed to have to pierce them either.
Or you can just put them in the freezer for a little while...no need to ermm...'thingy' them either then
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