Look for pretty bottles when shopping, or save those that you have bought with other ingredients in that look especially nice. Wide-necked ones are obviously preferable!
Makes 1 medium-sized bottle
Ingredients
1 orange
150g raspberries
125g caster sugar
500ml gin
Although I have made this with gin, it works perfectly well with vodka too.
Method
1. Using a vegetable peeler, carefully peel the rind of the orange, trying not to get too much white pith.
2. Feed a couple of pieces into the bottle, followed by a third of the raspberries.
3. Repeat with the remaining orange rind and raspberries.
4. Using a jug, pour the sugar into the bottle followed by the gin.
5. Seal the top well as you don’t want it to leak when you turn it up-side-down.
6. Do not shake the bottle, but gently turn it up-side-down then back again, to agitate the sugar and help it dissolve – it will not all dissolve at this point.
7. Leave the bottle out of direct sunlight somewhere cool.
8. Each day for the next 7 days turn the bottle over and back to dissolve any remaining sugar and then agitate the fruit to bring out the flavours.
9. If you are giving the gin soon you can leave the fruit inside, but if you are leaving it for too long the fruit will loose it’s colour, so it may be better to strain it.
