Hatch Chile Fruit Pound Cake With Mango Cream Food

HATCH CHILE FRUIT POUND CAKE WITH MANGO CREAM

Steps:

• Mix all fruit and chiles together carefully. Add jalapeños, mint, lime juice, brown sugar. Set aside.
• Butter pound cake and place on outdoor grill until lightly toasted. In a martini glass, put grilled cake-top with fruit & chile salsa. Whip cream, add vanilla, powdered sugar and whip to mix. Add mango sorbet, whip just to mix. Top off your chile fruit salsa cakes-yum!

MANGO CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Combine 2 cups flour and baking powder. Beat cream cheese, butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until blended. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Gradually add flour mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until well blended.
• Pour 1/3 of the cake batter into 12-cup fluted tube pan sprayed with cooking spray. Toss mangos with remaining flour; stir into remaining cake batter. Pour over batter in pan.
• Bake 1 hour 10 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar just before serving.

CHOCOLATE CHILE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place a rack in the center of the oven.
• Butter two 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with circles of parchment or waxed paper.
• Lightly dust the sides of the pans with flour, tapping out the excess.
• For best results, use a mixer with a wire whip attachment.
• Combine the flours, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa and beat on low speed until well mixed.
• In a medium saucepan, cook 1 cup of the water with the chili powder over medium heat until simmering.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
• Add the softened butter to the dry mixture and beat thoroughly on medium-low speed.
• The mixture should be grainy.
• Raise the speed to medium and gradually add the remaining cup of water and the buttermilk.
• Add the eggs on at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Slowly add the hot water/chile mixture and continue to beat just until well combined--be sure not to overbeat.
• Pour the mixture into the pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centers of the cake comes out clean.
• To cool, set the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Then turn the cakes out onto the rack, remove the paper from the bottom, and immediately reinvert so that the risen tops don't flatten.
• Let sit until completely cool before frosting.
• For the frosting, combine the butter and cocoa in a large saucepan and melt over medium heat.
• Stir in the buttermilk.
• Add the confectioners' sugar a little at a time, stirring with a wired whisk between additions.
• Stir in the bourbon and vanilla.
• The frosting should stiffen as it cools.
• When it has reached a spreadable consistency, assemble the cake.
• If necessary, trim the tops of the cakes so they are level.
• Place one of the cake layers onto a 9-inch round cardboard cake circle.
• Spread 1 cup of the chilled frosting over the cake layer.
• Sprinkle 1 cup of the chopped walnuts over the frosting.
• Place the second layer of the cake onto the frosted base.
• Use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.
• Finish the top of the cake by holding the spatula at a slight angle and making several strokes to smooth the top.
• To decorate the cake, press the remaining walnuts against the lower half of the side of the cake and on top of the cake.

CARIBBEAN COCONUT CHICKEN BITES WITH MANGO CREAM

Steps:

• Mango cream:.
• Place the mango in a mini food processor and pulse till it is a pulp.
• Scrape all of this into a bowl adding the sour cream, sugar, and extract. Mix well and set aside. Do not refrigerate this, it is best served at room temperature.
• For Chicken -- in a bowl place 1 cup plus 2 T flour and set aside.
• In another bowl place the remaining flour (1 cup plus 2 T), sugar, and salt.
• Stir milk and extracts into this. The mixture should resemble a thin pancake batter (you may have to add a little more milk).
• Set this aside.
• Place the bread slices in a food processor and pulse till you have fine crumbs, measure out approx 1-1/2 cups.
• Place these on a pie pan and place in a 350°F oven till lightly toasted and dried out.
• Mix toasted bread crumbs in a third bowl with the coconut.
• Preheat a deep fryer with oil according to the directions of the fryer.
• Place a cooling rack on a large cookie sheet and cover the rack with paper towels.
• Now one at a time drag each chicken bite through the pan with just flour, then using a slotted spoon drop it into the milk mixture coat well and use the spoon to retrieve it.
• Drop the coated bite into the coconut mixture being careful not to get to much of the excess wet mixture into the coconut. cover evenly with the coconut mixture and set on a second cookie sheet.
• After all the chicken pieces are ready begin to cook them in the hot oil. Just do a few at a time to keep your oil from cooling to much and becoming gummy. The heat time will vary a great deal on this because it is raw meat and it depends on how big of chunks you make them. Make sure they are cooked completely, you may want to test the first one out and see how long it takes to get it done thoroughly.
• I cook mine for approx 5 minutes and the batter should turn a nice golden brown.
• Remove from oil and drain on the cookie sheet that has been prepared with paper towels. Serve with mango cream.

KATO'S TRIPLE FRUIT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cake Combine peach and pear pieces with cherries and set aside.
• Blend butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add flour and baking powder together.
• Add milk to creamed butter and sugar mixture.
• Add half of the flour to the milk and butter mixture and blend well.
• Beat in 4 eggs, one at a time.
• Add remaining flour mixture and blend well.
• Add lemon extract, rind and fruit.
• Pour into greased 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake in 350F oven for 70 minutes.
• Cool on rack in pan for 15 minutes.
• Serve warm with Sour cream topping.
• Sour Cream Topping: Combine sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
• Finely chopped pieces of fresh fruit (cherries, peaches or pears) may be added to topping if desired.

CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE CONTEST WINNER

Steps:

• Put chicken broth in pot; bring to boil.
• Add chicken. Return to boil; lower heat.
• Gently simmer uncovered for 1 hour.
• Add the rest of the ingredients. Simmer for one-half hour more; stir occasionally.
• Skim fat from top.
• Pour into bowls; into each add a slice of carrot and a sprig of cilantro.
• Broth:.
• Combine all ingredients with 10 cups of water. Bring to boil.
• Simmer over medium heat for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Cool, then strain.