Jalapeño Tequila Gimlet Food

GRILLED JALAPENOS

Steps:

• Wash peppers. Cut a slit along one side of each pepper. Remove seeds; rinse and dry peppers. , In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stuff peppers with sausage and wrap with bacon; secure with soaked toothpicks., Grill peppers, uncovered, turning frequently, over medium heat until tender and bacon is crisp, about 15 minutes.

BLUE GINGER GIMLET

Steps:

• In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients with ice. Shake well and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with lime wedge.
• For the ginger syrup:.
• In a medium saucepan over high heat, combine sugar, ginger and water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until syrupy and reduced by half, about 40 to 45 minutes. Strain ginger pieces out and reserve syrup.
• (Trick: toss dried ginger in sugar, bake at 200 degrees until dried thru, about 4 hours and voila-ginger candy).

JALAPENO-INFUSED TEQUILA

Steps:

• Add jalapenos to bottle of tequila and store at room temperature for a minimum of 16 hours.
• Strain tequila with a fine mesh strainer into another container. Pour the strained, infused tequila back into the bottle.

JALAPENO TEQUILA GIMLET

Steps:

• 1. Roast jalapenos over gas flame or under broiler until soft and charred. Stem and chop chilies.
• 2. Place chilies and seeds into a jar. Add tequila and let sit 1 hour. Strain through fine mesh sieve and discard solids.
• 3. Stir in lime juice, agave nectar and 2 cups ice.
• 4. Let stand, stirring occasionally, until ice is melted.
• 5. Divide among 8 chilled gimlet glasses.

PASSIONFRUIT & PINK PEPPERCORN GIMLET

Steps:

• Build all ingredients with ice in a shaker.
• Shake hard for 45 seconds.
• Strain through sieve or tea strainer into chilled Martini/coupe glass or over ice in a rocks glass.
• Garnish with Lime wheel.

STRAWBERRY GIMLET

Steps:

• Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with crushed ice and shake well until chilled.
• Strain into a chilled martini glass.
• Garnish with a fresh strawberry.
• Strawberry juice. Remove leaves from approximately 5 or 6 large strawberries. Use an electric juicer or mash the berries until you have about 1 oz. of fresh juice.

JALAPENO TEQUILA GIMLET

Steps:

• Roast jalapenos over gas flame or under broiler until soft and charred. Stem and chop chiles.
• Place chiles and seeds into a jar. Add tequila and let sit 1 hour. Strain through fine mesh sieve and discard solids.
• Stir in lime juice, agave nectar and 2 cups ice.
• Let stand, stirring occasionally, until ice is melted.
• Divide among 8 chilled gimlet glasses.