Did someone say beverargino?

[sime42]

56 minutes ago, Bob_z_l said:

How? Please.

 

 

 

Same as Sloe Gin really. Pick lots of berries and then soak them in gin for months. At least six. Add sugar to taste. Either at the end or at the start of the soaking process. 

 

Those were a type of giant Chinese Hawthorns, but I'm sure normal ones will do. 

[Bolt]

Making fruit Leather is great.   You can make it just as well with berries, so I once made a batch with hawthorn berries as it was a particularly good year for them.

 

I’m not really at my best in the kitchen, and my better half was very skeptical, but having gone through the process, it seemed to have worked ok and looked brilliant.

 

 

 

Anyway, I made it so you don’t have to.

 

It tasted like chewy rubbery wood.  
The flavour was somewhere between sawdust and wood chips.

 

It’s never been made again

[Bolt]

I hope the gin is better!

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Bolt said:

Making fruit Leather is great.   You can make it just as well with berries, so I once made a batch with hawthorn berries as it was a particularly good year for them.

 

I’m not really at my best in the kitchen, and my better half was very skeptical, but having gone through the process, it seemed to have worked ok and looked brilliant.

 

 

 

Anyway, I made it so you don’t have to.

 

It tasted like chewy rubbery wood.  
The flavour was somewhere between sawdust and wood chips.

 

It’s never been made again

 

Ha ha. Thanks for going through the tedium and pain for me. It's something I've contemplated doing before, but never got round to it. I shan't bother now. I have made jam from Hawthorn in the past, and Rowan. Neither was good. Bitter and astringent, even with sufficient sugar. 

 

Giant Hawthorn Gin certainly much better.