Autumn olive (aka Eleaeagnus umbellata).
Pick the fruit in early November for the fruit to ripen and half fill a bottle with the berries. Pour in an inch or two of sugar and fill to the top with vodka. A few inches of fennel top would be perfect if you've got some to hand. I didn't.
Invert the bottle as many days as you remember to and decant into another container to get the fruit out after 3 months. It'll be delicious immediately but leave it a least a year and it'll be incredible.
Works equally well with sloes, mulberries, grated quince...
One for the road
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Ryan said...
A great use for Elaeagnus and such a beautiful bottle of plonk!
I can see a very merry Christmas in your future ;)
Ryan
James A-S said...
It also works well with Love Hearts, Aniseed Balls, Frozen peas and Foam Shrimps.
Zoe said...
I made it with cranberries, cinnamon sticks and thinly pared orange peel.
Also attempting Limoncello - bet you grow your own lemons too? I had to buy mine in Waitrose!
its great that there are so many thinks you can do with Voddie, I like making things, but give it all away as I cant drink it *sigh*
Enjoy!
MarkD said...
Ryan - the torture is in the waiting..
JAS - Im tempted by your suggestions..along with Refreshers, Cough Twists, Rhubarb and Custards and Mint Imperials
Zoe - Cranberry one sounds lovely. I've only managed to kill two lemons, so I have many to go to keep my average up..three small ones growing on the window sill. I have got som oranges in the plytunnel that are nearly ripe though, so maybe they'll find their way into some alcohol
Stu - you're a fine man, I don't care what they say
Dawn/LittleGreenFingers said...
Delicious photo but shockingly short post.
Did you use up your entire word allowance last week?
Ian said...
A seductively simple brew, not sure I'd have one before hitting the road though!
Esther Montgomery said...
But how many olives would you need? It's dark so I can't go out and count now but I think I have ten.
Esther
MarkD said...
Dawn - I'm just trying to lull you into a false sense of interest
Ian - Maybe a small one...
Esther - a few hundred of these little autumn olives, not the same as the 'regular' olive..
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