Christmas Gin Recipe With Clementine, Ginger And Bay on a snow covered table with pine cones and clementine segments

Clementine, ginger and bay gin

Name: Clementine, ginger and bay gin
Total time: 15 min
Yield: makes 750ml
Ingredients: gin 750ml bottle; clementines 3; caster sugar 3 tbsp; ginger 50g, sliced and bashed; bay leaves 3

15 minutes plus 3 days infusing
makes 750ml
Easy

Infuse your own gin with festive flavours, wrap it up nice and give it to a special someone this Christmas. It's a unique and thoughtful gift that's really easy to make

December 9, 2016 at 1:42 pm

To make your own Christmas gin, it’s worth spending money on good-quality base gin; most brands are on special offer at Christmas. Choose one without too many botanicals, like Gordon’s. Or try one of our favourite British gins here.

Ingredients

gin 750ml bottle
clementines 3
caster sugar 3 tbsp
ginger 50g, sliced and bashed
bay leaves 3

Method

Step 1

Pour the gin into a large bowl, or jar.
Step 2

Peel 3 strips of zest from the clementines, then peel them and remove all the white pith from the segments.
Step 3

Add the segments and the zest strips to the gin along with the sugar, ginger and bay leaves.
Step 4

Leave to infuse for 3 days, then decant into smaller bottles, or 1 big bottle. Serve with tonic and a couple of the orange segments in each glass.