Canapés & cocktails
This smart cocktail and these simple canapés will get the party started with maximum fun and minimum fuss
Sloe gin cocktail
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus cooling
- Easy
- Serves 1
Skip to ingredients
- 50ml sloe gin
- 25ml lemon juice
- 25ml gin
- ice(crushed and cubes)
For the juniper syrup
- 100g white caster sugar
- 1 tbsp juniper berries
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal198
- fat0g
- saturates0g
- carbs13g
- sugars13g
- fibre0.4g
- protein0.2g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
Start by making the juniper syrup. Put the sugar in a small saucepan, then add 100ml water and the juniper berries. Bring to the boil, then take off the heat and gently squash the berries in the liquid using a potato masher. Leave to steep until completely cold, then strain into a sterilised bottle or jar. Will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
step 2
Put the sloe gin, lemon juice, gin and 2 tsp of the syrup in a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes. Shake well and strain into a tumbler filled with crushed ice. Serve immediately.
