Plum & Cinnamon/All-spice Brandy

Every year I like to make homemade gin which I use as Christmas Presents. This year I decided to mix things up and use brandy instead. 

This recipe consists of two separate flavours Cinnamon & Plum Brandy and All Spice & Plum Brandy.

To start you will need a few Kilner jars which need to be thoroughly sterilised. 

 

You will need about 500 grams of plums for each jar of Brandy you intend to make. Half the plums, remove the stone and then mash them in a large bowl to release more juice(and more flavour!)

Once you have mashed the plums place half of them in the Kilner jar and sprinkle sugar over. You can then add Brandy and repeat the process until the jar is full. I used two large bottles of good quality Brandy to fill two 1.5 litre jars.

 

To finish add either cinnamon sticks or all spice to the jars and give them a good shake. Continue to shake every few days and leave in a cupboard for at least two month before serving as gifts!