[CH] Any ideas for salvaging these pecans?
ChileBuzz (chilebuzz@earthlink.net)
Sat, 15 Jan 2005 16:39:19 -0500
I have a pound of recipe-gone-wrong spiced pecans I'd like to salvage.
Anyone know of a recipe to use a LOT of pecans? I was thinking of
something like a pecan pie --but NOT the one with the sweet-sweet-sweet
karo syrup filling-- only because it would use a lot, but a savory dish
would be welcome, too.
I tried a recipe for spiced nuts and it didn't turn out that well.
'Course, I didn't follow the recipe exactly, either, so can't put the fault
there.
Recipe called for 1/4 cup of a specific commercial chile powder blend plus
1/2 tsp cayenne, neither of which I had. So I mixed up almost half and
half of Jim's New Mexican and Jim's Chile de Arbol, plus a little dark red
ancho (aging powder from something like McCormicks whatever), plus a little
pasilla powder I discovered after mixing the rest. Something of a b*stard
blend, if you will. Probably not a nice thing to do to those chile
powders. (sorry, Jim). There was some sugar in the mix, but the nuts
aren't very sweet. I didn't want this first batch to be all that hot, so I
restrained myself from using chipotle or savina. Huh! I was so successful
at reducing the heat, these things may as well not be called spicy, in my
opinion.
Think I slightly overcooked them, too, which means probably should not put
them in the oven again unless they are in something wet! LOL. They taste
"okay," but, honestly, not good enough to enjoy munching as a snack. On
the other hand, they are not so bad that I want to pitch them. The pecans
alone cost $7. My cheap side insists I try to make something edible out of
them.
Any ideas, anyone? I know we have lots of great cooks on this list.
CBuzz