You can get some plums pretty much all year round, although English varieties tend to be seasonal and only available in Autumn. To make them last that bit longer, why not try preserving them, in liquid form! Ingredients: 700ml Gin 500g Plums 200g Granulated sugar Slow Method: Rinse the plums, cut in half (removing the […]
Do you find you don’t always eat all of the oranges in the large bag from the supermarket? Don’t dispair, we have the solution! Ingredients: 700ml Brandy 3-4 sweet Oranges 200g Granulated sugar 350ml water Slow Method: Wash the oranges and slice them into 4 to 6 pieces and add to a 1l Kilner Jar.
You see mangos in the shops all the time now but what do you do with them other than make a chutney for your curry? Well, here’s another option! Ingredients: 700ml Gin 3 medium size ripe mangos 200g Granulated sugar 350ml water Slow Method: Peel and chop mangos and place in a 1l Kilner Jar.
Melons are available all year round and look very tempting but are often too large to eat all at once so here is a great way to use up the whole fruit Ingredients: 700ml White Rum 1 Melon 200g Granulated sugar 350ml water Slow Method: Peel and chop melon, discarding seeds, and place in a
Sweets are a useful way of adding flavour and sweetness in one go. Look in your local shop for a bag of sweets such as Rhubarb & custard, strawberries & cream, pear drops, Werthers Old Original, Fox’s glacier mints, Fox’s liquorice and aniseed (tastes like sambuca), sherbert lemons, etc. We found that pear drops dissolved
In order to make your own homemade spiced rum, you obviously need to start with a bottle of rum! Nothing expensive here, cheapest supermarket rum will be good enough as you will be changing the flavour with strong spices. We recommend dark rum as some flavourings are already there. Pour a shot glass worth of
There are many recipes for Irish Cream, this is a particularly simple method and is easily customisable. For this recipe we used a Hotel Chocolat sachet of 85% dark hot chocolate which gives small ‘chips’ of chocolate that are small enough to float in the drink and large enough to give an extraordinary texture. Ingredients:
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Blueberries are known to be a ‘Super Food’ so why not make a ‘Super Liqueur’? Then you don’t have to feel so guilty when drinking it! Ingredients: 700ml Vodka 350 grams of Blueberries, frozen 200g Sugar 350ml Water Slow Method: Thaw the blueberries. Once thawed fully the juices will be freeing themselves. Crush with the
This is a slightly tarter version of Limoncello Ingredients: 700ml Vodka 8 unwaxed Limes 750g sugar 700ml boiling water Slow Method: Pare the zest from all the Limes, taking care not to include any white pith. Put the zest into a Kilner Jar. Add the Vodka and leave for a week in a cool dark place. Shake
This liqueur is also known as Limoncello and is best served straight from the freezer. Ingredients: 700ml Vodka 5 unwaxed Lemons 750g sugar 700ml boiling water Slow Method: Pare the zest from all the Lemons, taking care not to include any white pith. Put the zest into a Kilner Jar. Add the Vodka and leave for
