Alcohol – Page 3 – The Food Wife

20th July 201820th July 2018
by thefoodwife

Makes 1 cocktail

So today I finished work as a teacher, not just for the summer holidays but for the foreseeable future. After ten years at the same establishment, itâ€™s feels a bit odd but Iâ€™ve known for a while that Iâ€™ve needed a break from teaching and with the arrival of The Food Baby it seemed like the best time to make the break.

To celebrate, I have decided to crack in to my newly brewed Rhubarb Gin and have decided a cocktail is in order. So here is a recipe for a Rhubarb Gin Fizz.

Ingredients:

50ml rhubarb gin

125ml chilled sparkling wine

Step 1: Pour the measure of rhubarb gin into a fluted glass and top up with a sparkling wine of your choice.

Step 2: Drink.

Rhubarb Gin

20th July 201820th July 2018
by thefoodwife

Makes approx 900ml

Rhubarb is one of my favourite flavours. Iâ€™m also rather partial to gin. Marry the two together? Sign me up!

This takes four weeks to brew (boo!) but the good news is it is quick to put together. You need only four things: a good quality gin, raw rhubarb, caster sugar and a large, sealable vessel (I used a 2l mason jar). Also, donâ€™t forget to keep your empty gin bottle to decant back in to afterwards.

If you use forced rhubarb the result will be beautifully bright pink, or use regular rhubarb, as I did, and you are left with a more subtle shade, but either way the flavour is all there!

Ingredients:
240g white caster sugar
600g rhubarb, cut in to 2-3 inch pieces
70cl good quality gin

Step 1: Combine the three ingredients in your container and seal.

Step 2: Leave for four weeks, shaking every few days to mix everything up.

Step 3: After four weeks, strain the liquid and decant into your gin bottle (you will make slightly more than the original amount of gin so make sure youâ€™ve got an extra bottle to decant the last little bit into).