At the Hallow-tini party we made some infused vodkas.
The approach was that the guests would get a small measure of vodka (Titos) or Gin (Beefeater) and then add various "mixins" to create their own unique drinks. For the mixins we made some infused vodkas. Knowing that the mixins were going to be additions and not consumed straight, we made them pretty potent.
The basic process was easy.
Method
500 ml (essentially 1 US pint) of vodka
A bunch of flavoring agent (One of the agents below)
Mix the flavoring agent into the vodka
steep for 1 week - storing in a dark place, doesn't need to be refrigerated.
strain back into 500 ml water bottle
keep in freezer until time to use.
Flavoring Agents
4 dried habaneros quartered
12 fresh tabasco peppers split
24 black peppercorns, crushed
6 kaffir lime leaves roughly chopped
3 inch piece of ginger grated.
These are very strong so we provided medical pipettes to allow people to add them in small quantities to their drinks.
Of course 1 brave soul tried the habanero vodka as a shot. It is so cold that it anesthetizes initially. An ice dagger goes to your innards. And then it warms up, and every nerve gets the hit. The top of your head comes off spins round acouple of times and resettles with slightly glazed eyes. Emergency cookies are then applied to calm down again.
I can see using some of these flavorings as bases for "interesting" bloody marys
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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2 comments:
Browsing you blog after linking to it from a long-ago discussion thread on Chowhound about no-knead bread. (Just made my first loaf tonight... yum!)
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for these interesting recipes and ideas. And your explanation of that happened to someone taking the habanero vodka as a shot cracked me up.
Happy cooking!!
I am so glad that you have made your first no knead bread. I hope it ws delicious.
The vodka infusions were terrific. Be sure to try them.
Thanks for the kind words
C
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