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Cranberry gin
A twist on sloe gin, where the gin is infused with cranberries and aromatics - a great gift or seasonal drink!
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 14 approx
Calories: 154 kcal
Course:
Drinks
Cuisine:
Fusion , British
Ingredients
- 2 cups cranberries 200g, approx
- 25.36 fl oz gin (ie 1 bottle)
- ½ orange zest approx, ie from ½ a fruit, or lemon
- 1 cinnamon stick or sprig of rosemary
For simple syrup - once matured
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
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.
- Place the water and sugar for the syrup in a small saucepan and warm over a medium-low heat until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool. Combine syrup with the gin 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.
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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 Information
Calories
154kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
6mg
(0%)
Potassium
18mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
9IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
2mg
(0%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 14approx
Amount Per Serving
Calories 154
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 154kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 6mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 18mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 9IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.