Winter Warmer

[PieOPah]

Over Easter, I was at my parents house where they had a vodka infusion going. I had seen this back in February when I was last there but never got round to trying it.

This time, as my brother was also visiting, the bottle was cracked open and we had a taste. Being that this recipe came from him, I guess it was only fitting that we tried it whilst he was there.

This was an amazing drink.

One bottle of Vodka/Neutral
2 sticks Liquorice Root
5 Cardamom Pods
10 Pepper Corns
1 Clove
4 Thai Chillies (sliced lengthways)

Leave for at least 2 weeks.

I have just made this myself and am waiting to give it a try. Slightly modifying my brothers recipe, I used 3 sticks of Liquorice, 2 cloves, a stick of cinnamon, and rather than Thai Chillies, I used Birds eye. I should have checked the scoville scale first as I have since discovered they are double the heat - good job I like my chilli hot :-)

[chill]

What do you call Thai Chillies? In my mind those are bird's eye (aka mouse turd in Thai). And yes, they are really quite hot!

Chuck