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Recipes for used sloe berries :¬)

teapackets
teapackets Posts: 198 Forumite
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Hello, I've just filtered my sloe gin made last Autumn and wondered if anyone had ever done anything with the discarded berries?

Thanks

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  • auntymabel
    auntymabel Posts: 433 Forumite
    What about sloe jam?
    'Yaze whit yeh hive an ye'll niver wahnt'

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  • teapackets
    teapackets Posts: 198 Forumite
    Gosh auntymabel .... that could sure liven up a breakfast table !!!!!!!!!!!!
    :rotfl:
  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 13,221 Forumite
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    I just rinse the sugar off & compost them. Hate throwing anything away, but even I was stuck for culinary ideas for used sloes. If it was raspeberries or blackberries, I'd have tried the boozy berries on ice-cream to see if it was worth eating, but sloes are sooooooo sour. I did make some sloe jelly one year to have with meat, & even that nearly took the linings of the roof of my mouth off!
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  • floss2
    floss2 Posts: 8,030 Forumite
    Foxgloves, I bet you didn't put enough sugar in!

    I make sloe jelly every year to use instead of redcurrant jelly...it may not be as nice with used sloes, but give it a go.
  • FLA27
    FLA27 Posts: 301 Forumite
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    I make Sloe (Gin) Jelly every year with my sloes. The recipe I follow has a lot of apple in it which balances out the sloes. I love the result and hate it when I run out.
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