Table of Contents
Introduction 1
The Great Montezuma Hot Chocolate Drink 3
Part 1 Incandescent Candies and Confections 5
Chile-Shaped Piñon-Chile Chocolate Truffles 8
Rum Raisin Red Chile Truffles 10
Red Chile Amaretto Truffles 12
Chile-Cashew Brittle Shard 14
Cayenne Pepper Taffy 16
Harald's Belligerent Butterscotch 14
Candied Capsicums 14
Part 2 Potent Puddings and Mighty Mousses 27
Avocado Mousse with Sweet Chipotle Sauce 30
Classic Vanilla Flan with a Kick 32
Piñon Flan with Green Chile Caramel Sauce 34
Coconut Ginger Flan with Ancho Chile 36
Raspberry Crème Brûlée with Chile Vodka 38
Southwestern Bread Pudding 40
Spicy Sweet Potato Pone 42
Dark Chocolate and Red Chile Mousse with Lemon Liqueur 43
Part 3 Joltin' Jams and Jellies 45
Habanera Mixed Fruit Preserves 49
Red Chile Raspberry Preserves 50
Sweet-Hot Mulberry Jam 51
Jumpin' Orange-Jalapeno Marmalade 52
Cranberry-Habanero Jelly 54
Chipotle Blueberry Jam 56
Cranberry-Chile Chutney 57
Red and Green Holiday Jelly 58
Part 4 Fiery Fruits and Powerful Pies 59
Savory Blueberry Compote 63
Chilled Chile Fruit Soup 64
Rujak (Spicy Indonesian Fruit Salad) 66
Calypso Grilled Mango 68
Grilled Peach Halves Stuffed with Cheese and Chipotle Raspberry Purée 70
Pears Quemado 72
Crostada del Diavolo (Devil's Tart) 74
Bananas in Rum Flambé 76
Fresh Margarita Strawberries with Tequila and Cracked Black Peppercorns 77
Hot Hill Country Peach Crisp 78
Blueberry Cobbler with Spicy Biscuits 80
New Mexican Spicy Margarita Pie 82
Spicy Country Cobbler 84
Part 5 Bold Breads Plus Cookies and Cakes Caliente 85
Carrot-Piñon Chile Bread 88
Lemon Chutney Serrano Bread 89
Green Chile-Pineapple Banana Bread 90
Dried Cherry Ancho Orange Muffins 92
Banana-Pasilla Macadamia Nut Muffins 94
Chocolate Chile Almond Cookies 96
Dark Chocolate Cheesecake with Red Chile Canache 98
Strawberry-Pasilla Blue Corn Muffins 101
Pasilla Scones With Red Chile Honey 102
Mandarin Orange Walnut Piquin Cake 104
Creamy Cheesecake with Pomegranate Topping 106
Part 6 Spices, Ices, and Creams 109
Tangerine and Cracked Black Pepper Sorbet 112
Blood Orange-Yellow Hot Sorbet 113
Mole-Tequila Sorbet 114
Snakebite Sherbet 115
Ginger Gelato 116
Green Chile Piñon-Avocado Ice Cream 118
Kanom Kluai (Banana-Coconut Cones) 120
Mulberry Ice Cream 122
Part 7 Resources 123
Further Reading 125
Seed and Plant Sources 125
Websites 125
Chile Pepper Suppliers and Online Hotshops 126
About the Author 127