Sloes

[Rosie29]

Lots of lovely berries etc in the hedgerows at the moment. Apart from sloe gin has anyone got any ideas for using these beautiful fruit?

[ducksie]

Before you go picking them and thinking of making sloe gin, I would suggest leave it until after the first frost, thenhttp://www.diy-plonk.com/sloe-gin.html

Just a rule of thumb I grew up with and stuck by

[ducksie]

http://www.diy-plonk.com/sloe-gin.html

[JoolsTwo]

A few ideas on this site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/search?keywords=sloe

[Rosie29]

Thanks ducksie and Jools - I'll pass these on to my grandson who is a great cook and wanted some sloe ideas.