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Strawberry, Apple, Lime infused gin

  • 16-05-2015 6:32pm
    #1
    MrWalsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    So they were selling punnets of fresh strawberries in LIDL recently and I thought it was a good opportunity to try out a recipe I'd come across for infused gin.

    Unlike sloe gin, strawberries infuse quickly, so just a week or so and it's done.

    I used:
    300g strawberries
    300g apples
    2 limes
    200g caster sugar
    750ml gin (I used LIDL gin, no need to use top quality stuff for this).

    I chopped the apples and limes into quarters and threw the lot into a kilner jar. Shook it daily for 10 days and today strained it through a muslin square into a clean airtight bottle.

    It's delicious. I'd probably use less sugar next time. It's quite liqueur-ish. The fruit is sweet already (unlike sloes).

    But a wonderful first attempt for me. I'm eyeing the raspberries in LIDL now......


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,604 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    MrWalsh wrote: »
    Hi,
    So they were selling punnets of fresh strawberries in LIDL recently and I thought it was a good opportunity to try out a recipe I'd come across for infused gin.

    Unlike sloe gin, strawberries infuse quickly, so just a week or so and it's done.

    I used:
    300g strawberries
    300g apples
    2 limes
    200g caster sugar
    750ml gin (I used LIDL gin, no need to use top quality stuff for this).

    I chopped the apples and limes into quarters and threw the lot into a kilner jar. Shook it daily for 10 days and today strained it through a muslin square into a clean airtight bottle.

    It's delicious. I'd probably use less sugar next time. It's quite liqueur-ish. The fruit is sweet already (unlike sloes).

    But a wonderful first attempt for me. I'm eyeing the raspberries in LIDL now......

    You must have arms like superman


  • #3
    MrWalsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭MrWalsh


    listermint wrote: »
    You must have arms like superman

    More like Popeye ;)


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