Recipe for Damson Gin/Vodka
By chuffa
16 comments
1lb Damsons
6oz Sugar
1Ltr Gin/Vodka
Pick your Damsons, remove stalks and any that look damaged. Rinse not wash them under cold running water. Washing them removes the natural yeast from their skins.
Lightly dry them on kitchen paper, prick each one with a fork three times. This lets the juices flow and put them in a wide necked jar. I use 2Ltr Le Parfait jars, they give plenty of room to shake the stuff up.
Add 6oz of sugar to the jar or each jar if you are making Vodka and Gin. Granulated sugar is fine. Close the lid and shake gently twice a day for a week. After a week you will see that the juice in the jar is quite red. Add a Litre of your spirit to each jar and shake once a day for two months.
You can now decant the Gin/Vodka, through muslin, back into their original bottles. The fruit can be left longer in the jars, but I think this impairs the taste with almonds from the stones. You can use the fruit in cakes or trifle, but please don’t drive a car afterwards. I read that someone threw the spirit soaked Damsons under a bush. The next morning they found two hedgehogs snoring together after they consumed them. Enjoy.
23 Aug, 2011
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works well with the dark plums too-- something like Czar
maybe Shirleytulips plum cake would work with damsons too!
is the fruit early this year we've apples ripe enough to eat too?
23 Aug, 2011
Oh,this takes me back,,my friend used to make this every year,and always gave me a bottle...I don't really drink ,but for this,I made an exception..had a tot every evening..lovely stuff! :o)
23 Aug, 2011
must be another one of our 5 a day surely???
23 Aug, 2011
Well,if you look at it that way,I suppose it is..:o)..so ,we could have 5 glasses then ??.Lol.
24 Aug, 2011
and sleep well Bloomer-- its nice in cooking too
24 Aug, 2011
Sleep well? I'd be lucky to wake up !!..:o).What do you you add it to,in cooking,Sticki?
24 Aug, 2011
Hi Bloomer, I use it in gravy for a rich sauce, sometimes with a spoon of cranberry sauce too-- OH likes duck and it works well or anything needing ' spicing up a bit!
24 Aug, 2011
duck would be very good or winter fruits stewed or pour over ice cream
i would rather drink it neat tho!
24 Aug, 2011
Memo to self..first,make some Damson Gin..Lol.Thanks Girls..:o)
24 Aug, 2011
damsons not in the shops yet??
24 Aug, 2011
Not sure,Sticki..will have a look round the Farmers market..
24 Aug, 2011
I think the 5 a day is the way to go!!
26 Aug, 2011
Definitely,Lulu..start off with it on cereal ,that should set us up for the day!!Lol.
26 Aug, 2011
Damson gin/voddy on cerial...I always knew I was lactose intolerant for a reason!
31 Aug, 2011
and i just dont like milk!!!
no problem with damson gin tho!!
31 Aug, 2011
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oh, excellent Chuffa ~ hadnt realised it was that time again ~ i shall be out to get the gin and the damsons. thank you.
23 Aug, 2011