Gin and Cranberry Liqueur
I spotted some frozen cranberries in the supermarket yesterday and since gin is so lovely with fresh cranberry juice I thought I’d see if this mix makes a good liqueur.
I defrosted the cranberries and punctured them with a knife (I didn’t know cranberries had little air pockets inside - they splut juice at you when you puncture them). This makes sure that the juice can get out and the gin in. I dropped the prepared cranberries into a 1l jar, added maybe 100g of caster sugar and 750ml gin (cheapest gin I could find). then I gave it a really good shake until all the sugar had dissolved and shoved it in the back of the cupboard.
This mix is going to be one of those that takes a while - I reckon it’s going to need a good 3 months in the cupboard and quite a bit of extra sugar. I have to confess I don’t know if it will work - there might not be enough cranberries in there - they only about one third filled the container. A third is plenty for some mixes, but other need a good 50% - this might be one of them. Time will tell anyway.