La Caridad Recipes

Steps:

• In the bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle 4 of the cucumber slices. Add the Sriracha, vodka, gin, and bitters. Add a handful of ice cubes and shake feverishly. Strain into four chilled martini glasses. Garnish each glass with one of the remaining 4 slices of cucumber and serve.
• Chris made my drink with Crop Organic Tomato Vodka (and a mighty fine drink it was). Crop Organic is a small artisan producer, and its distribution is limited. If you can't find a bottle, worry not-we can make our own damn tomato vodka!
• In a large glass jar, combine 1 pound of ripe tomatoes, cut into quarters, with a 750-milliliter bottle of vodka (preferably distilled from wheat or grain). Toss in 3 black peppercorns and let it sit in a cool, dark place for 5 to 8 days, stirring and tasting daily (I know, I know, it's tough work, but somebody has to do it!), until you have the tomato flavor you seek.
• Pour the contents of the jar through a fine-mesh strainer, discarding the tomatoes and peppercorns. Pour the vodka back into its original bottle for storage.