Christmas Pudding Gin

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Close up of of tawny-red Christmas gin in pretty glasses, the tray decorated with cinnamon and star anise.

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This delicious Christmas gin is packed with the warm spice of Christmas pudding flavours. Ready to sip and enjoy after just a few days, this homemade gin liqueur is perfect as a Christmas gift or to add to your holiday cocktails.

Servings: shots

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time5

Infusing Time4

Ingredients

zest of half an orange
150 g dried fruit
40 g muscovado sugar
1 inch cinnamon stick
3 cloves
3 all spice berries
1 tsp ground mixed spice
350 ml gin

Instructions

Use a vegetable peeler to pare strips of orange zest. As you do this, take care not to get the bitter white pith.
zest of half an orange
Cut whole fruit like apricots and figs to the same size as a large raisin. Add all the fruit to a wide-necked jar. Add the sugar, spices and orange zest.
150 g dried fruit, 40 g muscovado sugar, 1 inch cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 3 all spice berries
Pour in the gin, seal and swirl the jar to mix. Leave for three days to a week, so that your Christmas gin has time to infuse.
350 ml gin
When the gin is ready, the fruit will be plump, the sugar dissolved and the gin a rich deep brown colour. A sediment will have formed at the bottom of the jar.
Strain the gin through a sieve into a jug. Save the fruit to use in other recipes.
(Optional) Filter the gin through a coffee filter or a kitchen paper lined sieve, for a crystal clear spirit. This takes a good few hours, and is best left overnight.
Bottle and seal, ready to drink.

Notes

Use a mid range gin, nothing too grand, but not the cheapest. Supermarket own brand London gin is perfect. Non alcoholic gin
Don’t make this liqueur with non-alcoholic gin, as alcohol’s preservative functions are necessary to ensure the mixture doesn’t get mouldy.
Vary the dried fruit - apricots, figs, and cherries are all delicious, but keep half to two thirds dark vine fruit as a base.
Vary the sugars to change the flavour. I like a good fully flavoured muscovado sugar.
Swap in some different spices - but don't go too wild and swamp the flavours.
Filtering will take a good few hours - it is best left to drip through overnight.

Nutritional Information

This recipe is 5 Weight Watcher Smart Points per portion

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

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