Sloe berries

Three skilled chefs explain why they love the autumn harvest of sloes, and recommend how to use them in sloe gin cocktails and beyond

Want to learn how to use sloes, namely how to make sloe berries tea, sloes syrup, sloe juice, and sloe jam? Continue reading.

Every year we forage for sloes berries to make sloe gin. In this post, we will show you how to identify sloes, when to pick them and share with you our best sloe gin recipe ever.

Not just for gin - this very easy to make and tasty sloe syrup is a fantastic base for lots of recipes. You can bottle it for a gift as well!

Delicious, healthy juice for free - what's better than that? Homemade sloe juice is easy to make with just two ingredients: sloe berries and water!

This unusual sloe berry yogurt cake is dairy-free, easy to make and simply delicious! If you take a stroll in the country at this time of the year, you probably pass by bushes full of large blue-black fruits: sloes! Sloes are an astringent fruit when eaten raw but they're delicious in jams and cakes!

Once you've strained your sloe gin, it seems a waste to just throw those gin-soaked beauties in the bin. So don't. Make Sloe Port instead using this Sloe Port Recipe.

Blackthorn or sloe bush is a fruit tree that offers cute berries, sloes. They are edible and can be cooked. Here is how to grow and prune your blackthorn.

A flaky, buttery pie crust topped with meringue and filled with sloe berry custard with freshly picked sloe berries - doesn't this sound delicious? Sloe berry meringue pie - an unusual twist on the traditional lemon meringue pie!

Here's how to make sloe gin at home in just a few simple steps! Find out exactly what sloe gin is, why it's different to 'normal' gin and what it tastes like, plus when and how to make it using fresh, frozen or dried sloe berries. Of course, we've also got some delicious serving suggestions and easy cocktail recipes to drink it with too!