Gooseberries

On Saturday, I picked almost 6lb of gooseberries from a bush we’ve grown in a pot.  Deciding to use some to make a crumble, some gooseberry curd and a fool, I decided to sacrifice the rest to make gooseberry vodka.  We’ve made other fruit gins and vodkas successfully but haven’t tried gooseberries before so as it’ll be ready at Christmas, it’ll be a new taste for us to sample during the season of indulgence. There’s nothing like “planning ahead”, and being one who doesn’t, it feels very odd to have even referenced the festive word so early in the year!!