I’ve been awaiting the first frost for a couple of weeks for the sloe heavy bushes near my house. Unfortunately instead I’ve got an Autumn heat wave instead!
So in the freezer they went!
I started off by sterilising the jar inna preheated oven at 170′C for ten minutes. Once it had cooled, I added 180g of sugar and the frozen sloes.
A litre of supermarket special gin thrown in and I was done. Apart from the shaking!
It’ll need shaking once a day for a week, then once a week for three months!
I'm Tim, a 29yr old ex-Allotmenteer. My wife and I used to have a small 5 rod plot in South Essex where we grew all manner of veg. I'm also involved in brewing the odd keg of beer.
Recently we bought a house with a 65ftx30ft garden, which we're converting into a mini orchard and veg beds. The entire transformation is happening at the moment and being chronicled by a timelapse camera.
The hope is to introduce chickens next year into the orchard to allow them free range.
If you want to contact me, you can do so here
Katie said
Good luck!! Ours has turned a really yummy looked deep red colour – actually looks like it might be tasty (I don’t like gin either…)
admin said
Ours too! Was out today camping in Langdon Hills and found several very well established black thorn trees, I got over 1KG off them so I’m freezing some and making some vodka too!