How do you make Plum Gin? | English Plum Gin | National Dish of England
This isn’t really a recipe, it’s a process – a little bit of work up front, especially around sterilising your Kilner Jar, give it a shake for a week and then leave it the hell alone for 3 months – simples…
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 1litre | 30minutes |
| Cook Time | Passive Time |
| 0 | 3months |
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Ingredients
- 1litre ginuse a mid range Gin that you can improve rather than budget stuff
- 1kg plumsany variety, I have two Mirrebelle and Victoria, both homegrown
- 250g caster sugardisolves better
- Pinch cardamom pods
- Pinch juniper berries
Instructions
- Sterilise your Kilner Jar, wash your plums and measure out your ingredients.
- Get a clean fork and stab your plums all over, this will release all the juices into the Gin. Any plums that look a little ropey throw away, we want to avoid excess nasty bacteria.
- Now add all the ingredients to the jar and give it a shake and seal – place in a cool, dry and dark cupboard.
- For the next week, shake on a daily basis to dissolve the sugar and then leave alone for at least 3 months. Should be perfect for Christmas. If you want to make more, just double all the ingredients.
- After three months and you were good at sterilising you’ll have some kick ass plum gin. Just look how much the colour changes and I promise you, this goes in to the flavour.
- You’ll need to filter the sediment out, I used a jar with a tap and ran it through clean muslin into a pan.
- More sterilising, hopefully you had the sense to keep some old gin bottles, or any bottle, in anticipation of this day – make sure they are ultra clean. Fill em up and cap it off. You might want to sellotape the lids, as if they were bought from a shop – further fermentation could force the them off.
- My homemade Plum Gin made great Christmas gifts – not all of it though…
- Thank you England
Recipe Notes
I’m sorry, I know this looks like an old man having a wee – although, he’s got issues if it’s that colour, tastes good though. But, I filmed it so I might as well post it. If videos of gin filtering into a pan gets you going, sit back, grab some Kleenex and enjoy…