Cranberry gin
A twist on sloe gin, where the gin is infused with cranberries and aromatics - a great gift or seasonal drink!
Servings: 14 approx
Calories: 154kcal
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Ingredients
- 2 cups cranberries 200g, approx
- 750 ml gin (ie 1 bottle)
- ½ orange zest approx, ie from ½ a fruit, or lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick or sprig of rosemary
- 125 ml sugar syrup once matured, approx (to taste)
Instructions
- Prepare the cranberries- there are two methods, one was to prick holes in the berries (sterilize a needle and pierce right through in a couple places), the other was to freeze them (clearly easier). As in notes above, pricking brought out more cranberry flavor so would recommend if you have time.
- Half fill one or more sterile bottles or sealable jars with the cranberries.
- Add any additional flavoring/ aromatics- we did one with orange rind, another orange and a cinnamon stick, another with lemon rind and rosemary.
- Fill the bottle or jar with gin and seal.
- Store in cool dry place for at least two weeks, but a month or two will let the flavors develop a little better. Beyond that, you should strain the gin to store any longer to save the fruit going bad in the gin.
- Once the gin has matured, strain the solids out of the gin. Combine with the sugar syrup to get desired level of sweetness (I suggest 1 part sugar syrup to 6 parts gin) - you can either do this as you use it or all at once and store in it's sweetened state.
Notes
Servings assumes a 2oz/60ml measure of the sweetened gin, as in above, but is approximate.
I used 1 cinnamon stick and around/or zest of ½ a lemon or orange in with approx 1 cup of cranberries and topped up with gin in a 750ml bottle, to give a guide to ratio of aromatics to rest, but can be to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 154kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 9IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 1mg