Habanero Simple Syrup

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 habaneros peppers , quartered

Instructions

1. 1

   Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Slowly stir sugar into boiling water until sugar is dissolved, 2 to 3 minutes. Add habanero peppers to sugar-water mixture, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until syrup is thickened and pepper has slightly colored the syrup, about 15 minutes.

2. 2

   Remove saucepan from heat and let syrup cool, about 1 hour. Remove peppers from syrup and store syrup in a glass jar.