Fiery Nsukka Pepper Cocktail

I am sure you must be thinking, hold up, hold up, Dunni whaaaaaat!!!! Of course you can add pepper to a cocktails. errrrr, hello, they are called fiery cocktails. I add half a piece of ata rodo (scotch bonnet/habanero pepper) to my smoothies and it works a dream with digestion. So, when i came across this post on Kitchen Aid’s Instagram page, a repost from @loveandoliveoil. I was just laughing my head off. The things I find funny. hehehehehehe. It was apt because i haven’t had access to fresh nsukka yellow pepper in over a year, and less than a week after buying a big stash from Utako market in Abuja, I came across this post. Like what are the odds. The Universe just likes winking at me

Of course I had to try it. I won’t be me if I didn’t.

I have had a fiery cocktail before, a long time ago at an event, but that was with chili. Yes, Nsukka peper is hotter, but who is counting. hehehehehehe. it was very yum and mellow with citrus flavours. I made it two straight days in a row. The first day, I tried it, it was way too hot, especially as i was eating my very spicy Yajicurri grilled fish.

Yes, Yajicurri. I have my own signature sauce that I use for grilling fish, chicken, meats and seafood. it is the best thing since slice bread, I promise you.

If you want a jar, please send me an email: the_experience@dooneyskitchen.com.

I can’t give out the recipe, because I intend to bottle it and sell it in the future. I mean, business empires have been built from homemade sauces made in the kitchen of a tiny flat. Y’all don’t expect me to be a blogger for life, do you. Hehehehehehe. That’s the sauce slathered over croaker fish (straight from the fish) and marinated at room temperature for 10 – 15 minutes before grilling.

That’s the finished product. It will remind you of eating grilled fish at joints in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja.

So, where was I again, ah yes, the cocktail. You know i don’t bring you a recipe that i can’t stand by 100%, so i tried it again yesterday, used less of the pepper and at the last minute, I added the juice of half a lemon and BOOM!!!!!! Perfecto. it was citrusy and tingly on the tongue, burning your throat pleasantly too. I loved it. it made me feel all warm and happy inside, and got my digestive juices flowing. I hope you will try it out sometime. other things you can make with nsukka pepper, how about some jam. I intend to try that out too with other fruit combinations. The flavour of this jam, I am sure is off the hook.

Time to be a mixologist. hehehehehehe

Nsukka Pepper Cocktail

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

A fiery cocktail with citrus and passion fruit undertones.

Author: Dunni Obata

Recipe Category: Drinks and Cocktails

Serves: 2

You will Need

• Fruit juice - i used two bottles of JTO (orange and passion fruit)
• 1 shot of Vodka - optional
• the juice of half a lemon
• 2 pieces of Nsukka Pepper - you can use 1
• Ice cubes

How To

1. Very simple. Add all ingredients to a blender, except the lemon juice and vodka. To reduce the heat, you can take out all the seeds.
2. Whizz until the pepper breaks down, almost completely. Sieve into a cocktail shaker, add the vodka, lemon, a little extra ice cubes, and shake, shake, shake, shake.
3. Pour into a chilled glass, and Bob's your Uncle
4. P.S: you can try making a bloody mary or a fiery zobo cocktail with ata rodo. I will just drop that juicy information and walk away. Lol

Dooney's Kitchen Tips

P.S - if you are not using vodka, add all the ingredients to a blender and whizz. it is best you don't blend until the pepper is smooth, as that will help take some of the edge off the heat

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