Cajun Martini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 fresh cayenne or jalapeno pepper
1 unopened fifth gin or vodka
dry vermouth
pickled green tomatoes, okra or eggplant (on toothpicks)

Preparation

Slice pepper in half lengthwise without cutting stem and put in newly opened bottle of gin or vodka. Fill remaining airspace with vermouth and recap bottle. Refrigerate 8 to 16 hours.
Remove pepper and store bottle in refrigerator until ready to use.