What can you do with sloe berries?

Black_Cat_7

I've just found a big crop of sloe berries that look about ready to pick- has anybody got any suggestions for what to do with them - apart from sloe gin of course!!

rchddap1

My Dad has a thing for making sloe gin...no-one else gets a look in.

ancasta_2

My gran used to make a sauce out of them, very similar to cranberry sauce to serve with meat

se999

Well if you prefer vodka, Sloe Schnapps
http://www.danish-schnapps-recipes.com/sloe.html

Turning_into_scrooge

You can mke relly good wine with them, used to do it years ago. How about sloe jam, a bit like damson but slightly different:)

culpepper

yes I was going to say Sloe jam.Years ago,I found some and made loads of Jam with them.It was really nice.They are very sour which usually makes for very tasty jam.

krishna

Recipes from "Farmhouse Fare"

Not used the following recipes, but most of the recipes are good (though they may assume you have done similar things before).

Sloe and Apple Jelly
Stew equal quantites of ripe sloes and green apples (skins and cores included) until soft, barely covering the fruit in the stew-pan with water. Strain through a jelly-bag. To each pint of juice add 1lb of sugar. Bring to the boil and boil until a little sets when tested. This jelly has a piquant flavour quite its own and is delicious with mutton, hare or rabbit

Sloe and apple cheese
Make exactly as previous recipe, but put fruit through a sieve when cooked instead of through a jelly-bag. Add 14 oz of sugar to each pint of pulp.

Sloe Jelly
3lb sloes (very ripe)
Sugar
1lb apples

Cover sloes and apples with water. Bring to boil and boil until fruit is soft. Strain. To every pint of liquid add 1 1/2 lbs sugar. Bring to boil. Boil gently until a trial sample skins over. Be careful not to boil too long, as the extra sugar may make the jelly sugary.

"Farmhouse Fare" is a brilliant cookbook with recipes from farmers' wives published in Farmhouse Weekly - many are wartime ones. I have an old one from the 40s, but as far as I know it is still published; the new one being the same as the original edition, but with a few added recipes)

Krishna

Debt_Free_Chick

I make sloe gin or sloe vodka. Then, when I strain the berries (years later) I add them to a game casserole for some extra oomph.

Very OS, getting double use out of one "product"

Sarahsaver

let small children try them whilst you arm yourself with a camera to capture the faces they will pull;)

Littlebean_2

Anyone got any uses for sloe berries apart from Sloe Gin (don't like gin). There are loads on the hedgerows around here and I would love to be able to use them if possible.

Pink.

Hello Littlebean,

Welcome to MSE and in particular to the Old Style board.

Some of the replies on this older thread might give you some ideas: What can you do with sloe berries?

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