Marmalade gin was a success last year so have started a batch off today.
It is one bottle gin, one jar marmalade, 4oz (100g+) sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla essence (and also some juniper seeds which I didn't use). The recipe (from Pretty Nostalgic) says decant after 4-6 weeks and then it is ready.
No! Like most flavoured spirits you then need to leave it another 9 months or so. Last year the gin after 3 months wasn't particularly interesting. Another six months it was lovely!
I might get another bottle of gin and another jar of marmalade next week and add them to the jar - there's room!
Sorry, can't get picture to upload!
I have trouble spelling marmalade - I want to spell it marmelade, as my father called it "chicken jam" - "Ma me laid". My father and all my friend's fathers had jokes of similar standard. Do men with that type of humour become fathers, or is it something that happens after men have children!?
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