Ingredients
1 1 chocolate cake recipe
Directions
1 c pecan halves (or subsitute
: the nut of
: your choice)
1/4 c water
2 TB sugar
1 TB dried Habenero powder (use
: your judgment
: on this!)
1/4 ts salt
I used the chocolate cake and chocolate frosting recipes in Lindsey
Shere's "Chez Panisse Desserts," substituting Lindt Excellence for
her combination of semisweet and bitter chocolates. (By the way,
"Chez Panisse Desserts" is an awesome cookbook, now back in print and
even in paperback!) You could use any chocolate cake recipe you like;
a very rich and buttery substrate is a good idea at this heat level.
I then added the following to the batter (reserving a dozen for
garnishing the top of the iced cake): Over a medium-high heat, stir
the water and sugar in a small teflon skillet until the sugar is
disolved. Add the nuts, and stir constantly until the water is mostly
evaporated (about 3-4 minutes). Add the chile and salt to coat well,
and stir constantly until the water is gone. Remove the nuts to a
piece of wax paper, separating the pecan halves from each other with
a fork if necessary. Let cool, and incorporate them into the cake
batter just before pouring it into the pan. To make the habenero
powder, I just put 4 dried habs in the spice grinder, and ground
until very fine. Let the grinder settle for a couple of minutes
before trying to remove the powder :-) Using finely powdered dried
hot peppers of a lesser burn level would be appropriate for the
non-maniacal chile-head.
Recipe By : INTERNET RECIPES FROM CHILE-HEADS DIGEST
From: Kmeade@ids2.Idsonline.Com (The Me
Servings: 12 servings
Chocolate Cake With Lucifer's Nuts Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cake; Chocolate; Chocolate Cake; Dessert; Nut
The History of Recipes
We are able to track the history of `recipes` far back into the far past, in fact as far back into recorded history as the early Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. Having said that, these, early recipes were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
In fact, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to historians are a few clay tablets in ancient Sumerian which recount the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel `exhilarated, wonderful and blissful`. Later, there were some interesting books which appeared in the 1300s : one book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these are unconnected to the spicy food that appears on menues today, but rather descriptions of the types of food served to the rich and wealthy people of that period. For the decades that followed, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe strove to offer the most extravagent meals, and because of this chefs and their collection of recipes were much in demand. However, it wasn`t until the 19th century the formal cooking and recipe publications really came of age. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, trying out, and recording recipes that were common in the better off homes of the day. By the time we get to the 1900s, cookery books were greatly in demand mostly as a result of higher levels of literacy, more spare time and having more money. The arrival of television brings us TV chefs and the demand for the accompanying recipe books. Which brings us neatly to the present day and the invention of the internet, allowing us all to search through thousands of recipes such as those found on our site. |
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