The guys over at Hot Knives, a super fabulous cooking blog, accidentally dumped a bag of peppercorns into flavored oil. They dried them out, put them back in a grinder, and voila, even better pepper. Then, being Hot Knives (frequent reviewers of yummy beers), they naturally thought, why not do that with booze?
Brilliant. In the same way that bacon fat can make anything yummier, alcohol can add bite. Here’s their recipe for adding hooch to pepper.
I’m going to try Aviation Gin (from my bday tour of House Spirits, pic below), then maybe get into things like Kahlua.
Image right: Flickr/peppered
