Wash the fresh strawberries by placing in a colander and running under the cold tap for a few minutes.
Place them on a clean tea towel on the kitchen counter to mostly dry.
Remove any green parts from the top of each strawberry, and place them into a large glass jar.
Tip in the sugar, and pour over the vodka.
Seal the jar and give a good shake to combine all the ingredients and start the sugar dissolving.
If your jar doesn’t have a watertight lid, simply give it all a good stir with a stainless steel spoon.
Set the jar on a sunny windowsill, or somewhere obvious in your kitchen. Every day for the first week shake (or stir) the jar to agitate the contents.
After one week, the jar can be move to the pantry for the following three weeks. An occasional shake/stir after week one would be good, but not essential.
Once the vodka has leached colour and flavour from the strawberries, it is ready to strain.
Place a piece of clean muslin over a sieve, that is balanced over a bowl.
Gently pour the contents of the jar into the sieve and leave for about an hour for all of the juices to drip through.
Pour the finished strawberry vodka into recycled glass bottles that have been pre-sterilised by running through a dishwasher on a hot cycle.
Once sealed, the vodka will last for at least one year unopened.
Please enjoy my recipe! Jane | hedgecombers.com