Infused Liquids With Flavor
March 06, 2011 Filed in: Cooking
I’ve always seen those cool looking bottles in the store with stuff in oils, and I’ve always wondered if I could do something like that. At first, I started with the thought of making a pepper infused vodka to use in a future item. Then, J and I came up with the idea to make a flavored vinegar and a flavored oil.
The pepper flavored vodka was pretty simple. I seeded, stemmed, and quartered three peppers, a serrano, a jalapeno, and a red habenero.
I emptied a little vodka out and put the peppers in. I need to keep this for about 3-4 days.
Next, I made a lemon flavored champagne vinegar. I took a bottle of champagne vinegar and added some lemon zest. I zested the lemon.
Finally, I made a garlic and rosemary infused olive oil. I started by pan roasting the garlic.
I heated the oil in a pot on a low temperature and put some rosemary in it.
I added the garlic when it was ready.
I poured the mixture back into its bottle and set it with the other bottles I made.
These were pretty simple to make, and I’m curious about the taste of them when they are ready later in the week.
Warning if you plan to do this yourself: I read about the possibility of botulism for the garlic in oil, and it must be kept refrigerated.
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