A glass jar filled with a deep red gin and green bay leaves

Blackberry gin

Name: Blackberry gin
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes 700ml
Ingredients: 500g blackberries (fresh or frozen); 180g caster sugar; 3 bay leaves plus extra to garnish; 3 whole cloves; 10 whole black peppercorns; 700ml British dry gin

Published: November 2, 2021 at 11:24 AM

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Makes 700ml

Easy

Total time: 15 mins

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Make the most of a freezer stock of blackberries from autumn to infuse in British gin. This fruity tipple makes for a vibrant gift that will last for months, as well as celebrating local ingredients and sustainable cooking

Gluten free

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Try this blackberry gin, then check out our mulled gin, rhubarb gin, and sloe gin. Also discover plenty more edible gift ideas in our collection of Christmas gift recipes.

Recipe tip: To sterilise the jar, heat the oven to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1. Wash the jar and lid in warm, soapy water and rinse thoroughly. Put upside-down on an oven shelf and bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely in the oven with the door shut to prevent the glass from cracking.

Ingredients

Nutrition

500g blackberries (fresh or frozen)
180g caster sugar
3 bay leaves

plus extra to garnish
3 whole cloves
10 whole black peppercorns
700ml British dry gin

Nutrition: per serving

kcal72
carbs5g
sugars5g

Method

step 1

Tip all the ingredients into a 1.5-litre sterilised flip-top jar (see above). Gently stir with a large metal spoon, taking care not to break up the blackberries, then seal and leave to steep for two weeks, shaking the jar every other day to loosen the sugar at the base. When ready, you should have a deeply purple gin.
step 2

Put a sieve over a large, clean jug or bowl. Strain the gin through the sieve and set the blackberries aside (don’t waste these, though – poke them into the top of a frangipane tart, roast with venison or use as a garnish for your favourite winter cocktail). Put a muslin cloth in the sieve and strain the gin again into a clean jug, then pour into a 700ml sterilised bottle or divide between three smaller bottles. Add a bay leaf to each bottle, seal and store for up to a year.

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