Ingredients

5-6 bird peppers or small scotch bonnet chilies, left whole

6 whole cloves

3 whole peppercorns

1 pint bottle dark rum

Methods/steps

Wash bird peppers, leaving them whole.

Pour ¼ cup rum out of the bottle into a measuring cup. Place the peppers and spices in the bottle. Top up the bottle with the remaining rum. Tightly cap the bottle.

Let pepper rum ""ripen"" for at least 2 weeks, preferably a month, before serving. To use, sprinkle a few drops into any dish in need of a little something extra. Pepper rum will keep almost indefinitely at room temperature.

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