This post explains how to make damson gin – a quick easy recipe.
Summertime is the season of abundance! The garden is bursting with fruit and vegetables of all kinds. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with it all! We have many long days harvesting and then preserving. This is one of my most favourite recipes for using up summer fruit. And it’s so easy! It’s also one of my most favourite drinks.
The first time I ever tried damson gin was at the home of a Methodist minister – of all places! I was hooked. I don’t like gin as a rule -It makes me cry! But damson gin is a whole different experience. Make this in August when you’re fruit is ripe. It is ready to enjoy at Christmas time. It will keep(if it lasts that long!) for at least a couple of years. And here is a quick easy recipe for damson gin:
Ingredients
- 500 g of damsons for each bottle of gin they need to be ripe – not too hard
- 250 g of sugar per bottle of gin
- One bottle of Gin
You will also need a wide necked large jar
Method
Place the sugar and the fruit in the wide necked jar. Then pour over the gin – making sure that you cover all of the fruit. We doubled the ingredients and used two bottles of gin.
Shake or stir the jar vigourously to dissolve the sugar. Repeat this process every day for two weeks. Then place the jar in a dark cupboard for three months to ferment.
At the end of three months, remove the fruit from the jar and sieve or strain the gin into bottles. It will keep for at least a couple of years.
If you have enjoyed this quick easy recipe for damson gin – do try our cider recipe.
in the video, we are using frozen damsons