Quest for a missing recipe sends Spokane man in search of grape vodka and jalapeños … in a beverage
Reader Rod Rodrigues created this boozy beverage after trying to track down a similar recipe by calling The Spokesman-Review Food section.
One would think it would be easy to find using the search terms “grape vodka” and “jalapeño” or “muddled jalapeños.”
But, there was no luck looking in the newspaper archives.
So, a short time later – and after some experimenting – Rodrigues crafted this drink in honor of the one for which he has lost the recipe.
“You’ll soon discover why I call it Fire and Ice,” he said. “Make it! You’ve never had anything like it.”
Grape Vodka & Jalapenos?
Fire and Ice
From Rod Rodrigues
1 slice jalapeño or Serrano pepper
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 dash orange bitters
2 ounces grape vodka
Place pepper slice and simple syrup in a shaker 1/4-filled with crushed ice. Muddle. Add the rest of the ingredients. Shake. Strain into coupe or Martini glass.
