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Bullace/Damson/Sloe Gin or Vodka

Prep Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200 g Bullace (Or Sloes or Damsons
  • 100 g Cane Caster Sugar
  • 500 ml Gin or Vodka

Instructions

  1. Rinse the Bullace berries and remove any residual stalks, leaves and any foreign bodies. I once received a beautifully wrapped home made bottle of Sloe gin for Christmas that in addition to the sloes contained a large bluebottle fly. Needless to say that was a food adventure that wasn’t going to happen.

  2. Measure out the caster sugar and transfer into the bottle, kilner jar or demijohn that you are planning to infuse in. If using a bottle a piece of folded card can be used to get the sugar through the neck of the bottle.
  3. Add the Bullaces to the bottle
  4. Top up the bottle with the Gin or Vodka. Don’t beyond the neck if you have a stoppered bottle, the pressure may keep pushing the stopper out.

  5. Leave to infuse, this needs to be at least 3 months but for as long as you like.

  6. Once you can wait no longer either serve or strain through wine filter paper and re-bottle.