Apple Skin Gin Recipe
How to use leftover apple peels in a deliciously sustainable and waste free manner by easily making apple skin infused gin at home and 5 cocktail recipes you can use your apple skin gin in.
We’ve heard of apple infused gin before, but what about apple skin gin? Recently I was making my not-famous apple and rhubarb crumble, part of the process for that apple and rhubarb crumble is peeling the apples. Being the mindful mixologist and all I thought, “I can’t exactly waste these peels” Sustainability is key after all. Which is how I came to this idea to make apple skin gin.
By taking those apple peels and infusing them into gin in the most simple and accessible way (maceration) I was able to get the absolute most out of my apples. Crumble for the flesh and skins for the apples. Fully waste free and sustainable.
What's the difference between apple gin and apple skin gin?
Usually, to make apple gin we would infuse gin with the full apples, the flesh and the skin which in turn makes the gin taste, well, appley. By only using the apple peels we get a much more subtle apple flavour with layers of slight bitterness and earthy tones. Something that pairs really well with the flavours of a classic London dry gin. It’s not as in your face as an apple flesh infusion.
How easy is it to make?
Very easy. I’ve kept this recipe as easy as can be. I don’t see the need in making simple things more complicated than needs be and this apple peel infused gin is no exception.
The only method we will be using is maceration. Meaning we will be steeping our apple peels within gin for a number of days to create our apple skin gin.
Which apples to use?
Whichever you like. Like I said, we’re keeping this super simple. The fact of the matter is there are over 30,000 different apple varieties in the world. How can I tell you to use one specific variety? Whichever apples you enjoy to eat, chances are you will like them used in this recipe.
Apple Gin Recipe
Apple Skin Gin
Ingredients
Instructions
- Peel your apples. Try to avoid getting too many bits of apple flesh on the peels, however, a few are fine.
- Put your apple peels into a sterilized jar and pour over your gin
- Tighten the lid on the jar and leave in a cool dark place to infuse. The infusion should take around 7-14 days. Shake the jar once a day to get some motion up in there.
- Taste after 7 days and once it's infused to your liking strain into a bottle.
Notes
A lot of factors go into the time it takes to infuse your gin, such as; light, the peels surface area coverage and temperature. So after 7 days you want to start tasting your apple skin gin so you know when it's ready to strain. Not long enough and as the gin matures, even after straining, the flavours will get more and more subtle. Steep for too long and the gin will start to get overpoweringly bitter.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
83.43Fat
1.75 gSat. Fat
0.59 gCarbs
5.02 gFiber
0.87 gNet carbs
4.15 gSugar
3.79 gProtein
11.67 gSodium
32.36 mgCholesterol
30.5 mgThe nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
5 Cocktail recipes to make with your apple skin infused gin
Now you’ve got your apple skin gin, here’s 5 ways to use it in cocktails…
#1 Carbonated Apple Gin and Soda with Blue Curacao Recipe
Ingredients
150ml Carbonated Apple skin gin and soda see recipe below
25ml Blue Curacao
Method
Pour your carbonated apple skin gin soda mix (see below) into a tall glass over ice.
Top with the blue curacao and garnish with blue curacao soaked apple slices see recipe below
Apple skin gin and soda recipe
To make the carbonated cocktail base, Mix 100ml of apple skin infused gin with 5grams of citric acid and 300ml of water. Mix well and using either a sodastream or soda siphon, charge your mix with Co2 to carbonate.
If you can’t get hold of a soda siphon or sodastream, you can substitute this by simply adding soda water to your apple skin gin and mixing it up.
Blue curacao soaked apples recipe
For the blue curacao soaked apple garnish, simply fill a shallow bowl with blue curacao and drop in your slices of apples. After 10 minutes, they should be soaked enough to have a blue curacao orange taste. You will know when they are done once the apples slices begin to pick up a blue tint.
Tips on getting the perfect apple slices
For the perfect apple slices, cut your apple in half. Then lay them flat side down and cut down at ½ cm intervals.
#2 Apple Skin Negroni Recipe
Ingredients
25ml Apple skin infused gin
25ml Campari
25ml Sweet vermouth
Method
Fill a rocks glass with cubed ice and pour over all your ingredients.
Stir till preferred dilution and garnish with an apple peel or apple slice.
#3 Pea Shoot and Apple Skin cocktail recipe
Recipe
50ml Apple skin infused gin
20ml Pea shoot cordial
50Ml Soda water
Method
Stir the apple skin gin and pea shoot cordial over ice then strain into a rocks glass over a large cube of ice.
Top with soda water and garnish with a few sprigs of pea shoots atop the ice cube
View the pea shoot cordial recipe.
#4 Apple Skin Gin and Tonic
Ingredients
50ml Apple skin infused gin
150ml Meditation tonic water
Method
Pour over ice, stir lightly, garnish with apple slices and enjoy!
#5 Apple Skintini Recipe
Ingredients
50ml Apple skin gin
10ml Dry vermouth
Method
Stir over ice
Strain into a chilled coupe
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