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Title: Homemade Pepper Vodka
Categories: Five, Chilies, Booze
Yield: 1 Quart
2 c Ground chilies; pick yer
- heat
1 qt Cheap 80º vodka
2 tb (or more) real vanilla
+=OR=+
2 (or more) vanilla beans
2 ts (to 1 tb) liquid smoke and
- almond extract
Fill a wide shouldered bottle (like an empty Knob Creek
bottle) half full of ground pepper and fill it up with
cheapo, store brand vodka. Put it away for about a week or
two shaking the bottle up when ever you think of it --
longer is better. I suggest not tasting it during this
process it is very, very hot.
Next you want to get rid of all the ground pepper and keep
the dark red liquid. Let the bottle sit still for a couple
of days and the pepper leas will fall to the bottom.
Carefully decant the dark red liquid to another container
through a paper coffee filter.
Wash your wide shouldered bottle out completely and pour the
dark red liquid back into it.
Next add the whole vanilla extract (not artificial but the
real thing). Also add a liquid smoke and almond extract -
this is to provide more flavor complexity and "artificial
aging" (aged liquor and wine increase in vanillins with
time).
I use this tincture of pepper extract to zip up many a
bottle of cheapo vodka. Just a few tablespoons will do up a
liter. You can taste some and add more tincture to taste.
You will come to understand if it is hot (and tasty) enough
by the color of the final product.
Keep in the freezer and serve straight up in martini
glasses.
From: The Old Cowboy
From:
http://www.grouprecipes.com
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