Traditional Sloe Gin Recipe

This Sloe Gin recipe differs from the modern versions, in that traditionally very little sugar is used. This allows the true flavours of the sloes and gin to come through, rather than being masked by lots of sugar.
Not that the modern versions aren’t nice, they are. But this sloe gin recipe is a little bit different and takes us back to how we used to drink it back in the old days, when more folk lived closer to the land.
Ingredients

• 300g sloes (frozen)
• 1litre gin
• 4tbsp of sugar

Suggested Instructions

1. Take your frozen sloes and batter them with a rolling pin until smashed up, then transfer them to a Kilner jar.
2. Add the sugar, and then pour in the gin.
3. Shake vigourously and leave for a minimum of 3 months, but best if left for a year. Shake occasionally when you remember.
4. Check the taste and if you feel like it, add more sugar if you think it needs it. But really this is a different Sloe Gin recipe to the one you are mostly used to.
5. Strain and bottle for later use.

Makes: 1 litre