Geraldene Holt

Eau-de-Vie de Prunelles à Jean Marquet

Jean Marquet’s Sloe Eau-de-Vie

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French Country Kitchen
French Country Kitchen

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1987

  • About

M. Marquet collects blue-black sloes in December and, instead of the sloe gin I make in England, he produces a beautiful raspberry-pink concoction based on eau-de-vie. A few months later a syrup for serving with ice-cream and hot puddings can be made from the same sloes.

Ingredients

  • 1 wineglass sloes
  • 1 litre(1¾ pt) eau-de-vie blanche (40° pr

Method

In Britain, collect sloes after the first frost, which softens their flesh. Prick each fruit with a pin and pack into a 1 litre(1¾ pint) bottle or jar.

Cover with the eau-de-vie, cork the bo