• 10/5 Nat'l Vodka Day - 1

    From Dave Drum@1:3634/12 to All on Mon Oct 3 17:33:00 2022
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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 80ยบ 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 lees 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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