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Habañero Infused Tequila

Infusion and cocktail courtesy of Rex Bird INGREDIENTS 1 to 1 ½ fresh sliced Habañero (or Jalapeño or other hot) peppers, stemmed and seeds removed 1 lemon, for zest 1 orange, for zest 1 bottle (750 ml) Añejo tequila DIRECTIONS Fill and preheat the SousVide Supreme water oven to 165F/74C. Put all the ingredients into a large (gallon/3.8 liter) zip-closure cooking pouch and use the displacement method (Archimedes’ Principle) to remove the air and zip the seal. Submerge in the water oven to cook for 10 minutes. Taste test and dilute with additions of the same tequila, if too spicy. … Read More

Cordially Yours, Mom

From the first card you made for her in kindergarten (the one with the heart snipped out of construction paper with your blunt-nosed scissors and glued on with Elmer’s school paste) nothing says ‘I Love You, Mom!’ quite like something you make yourself. Anyone, after all, can phone the florist or make a brunch reservation, but those can’t hold a candle to something you hand-crafted with love especially for her. So this year, treat Mom to something delightful, delicious, and delovely. The gift that keeps on giving: a hand-crafted sous-vide-infused cordial or syrup. The method is simplicity itself. How to … Read More