“So Richard, what do Sloes look like? Small and blue was the not so helpful response.” Hopefully there will be some blackthorn bushes on our walk was a fleeting thought as we set off with the dog to tramp around the fields on the outskirts so Corby Glen. Quite soon we saw a what looked like some Sloes, so taking the approach that this might be the only one in the area we started to pick as much as we could of this particular bush. Once we’d picked as much as we could from this bush we started walking again, well we got five yards before another bush full of fruit, and another bush. You get the idea…
So now we’re back home the Sloes will be washed and put in the freezer overnight before being dropped into a bottle along with some cheap gin and sugar. I think we’ll go for Tim Haywood’s recipe of 500g of Sloes, 300g of sugar and a bottle of gin.
My first attempts at curing and smoking food 