Part of the joy of the love affair with chillies is that the development of the relationship is fed by discovering more delicous features of the way chillis change and give up their flavour and scent.
One of the most alluring is the way that alcohol so readily dissolves not only the heat but other precious aromatics from the pods - chilli vodka, much overdone I think with random chilllis becomes a fine and complex drink if chipotles are the flavouring. I used about 5 chillis per litre and after a couple of months there is a fiery, smokey and deeply fruity and slightly sweet spirit.
Things to do with chipotle vodka (apart from drinking it at -30 deg C from the deep freeze)
1 measure Chipotle Vodka
1 measure of rough tequila
1/2 measure of sugar syrup
1/2 measure of lime juice.
May I call it the Castiga? (I punish/penalise/seduce ish)
Shake with ice and let the heat seduce your lips and palate, the smoke and lime will lead your mind to hazy milongas which you have yet to visit.
