Redcurrant gin
Posted: Sat 22 Dec 2018 7:21 pm
I have just finished the last of this I made couple of years ago - it was fabulous. I don't know the availability of redcurrants out there - probably only frozen. if you get a chance give it a go.
Redcurrant gin
• Makes: 75cl
• Prep time: 10 mins (plus 2-3 months maturing)
• Total time: 10 mins (plus 2-3 months maturing)
Ingredients
• 300g (10oz) redcurrants
• 150g (5oz) caster sugar
• 75cl bottle of gin
Method
1 Crush the redcurrants with the sugar, put in a jar, pour in the gin and seal.
2 Leave 2-3 months in a cool, dark place, shaking the jar daily for a month, then just when you remember.
3 Strain through a sieve, then through muslin and pour into a bottle.
4 Drink neat, or made into a gin and tonic, with lots of ice.
Redcurrant gin
• Makes: 75cl
• Prep time: 10 mins (plus 2-3 months maturing)
• Total time: 10 mins (plus 2-3 months maturing)
Ingredients
• 300g (10oz) redcurrants
• 150g (5oz) caster sugar
• 75cl bottle of gin
Method
1 Crush the redcurrants with the sugar, put in a jar, pour in the gin and seal.
2 Leave 2-3 months in a cool, dark place, shaking the jar daily for a month, then just when you remember.
3 Strain through a sieve, then through muslin and pour into a bottle.
4 Drink neat, or made into a gin and tonic, with lots of ice.