Re: [CH] Any ideas for salvaging these pecans?
David Gallardo (david@gallardo.org)
Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:55:28 -0700
How about grinding them & using them for breading something like catfish?
@D
ChileBuzz wrote:
>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.
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> 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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Any ideas, anyone? I know we have lots of great cooks on this list.
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>CBuzz
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