2010 Central Coast Home and Rec Show

33rd Annual Central Coast Home and Rec Show


Pepper Daniels Recipe

Name: Heidi Voelker
Town: Paso Robles


Recipe: Kickin Cheesy Wontons
(My own rendition of a jalapeno popper)

Ingredients:
1 pkg small square won ton wrappers
3 fresh jalapenos (chopped with the electric chopper thingy) - Deseed them so you can add the seeds back into the mix to determine how hot you want your wontons to be. Oh, and for the love of God, do NOT touch your eyes after you deseed the jalapenos! (That's a mistake you'll only make once!)

2 blocks cream cheese
2 handfuls shredded pepperjack cheese
1/3 purple onion (chopped with the electric chopper thingy)
2 tbsp or a pinch more of minced garlic
(optional) 2 tbsp of chopped sun dried tomatoes
1 jar of the Cider Creek Pepper Jelly (for dipping, duh)

Mix all the cheeses, jalapenos, onion, tomatoes and garlic together and remember to add in however much of the jalapeno seeds you want. Put a teaspoon full of the mix on each of the won ton wrappers. Use water on your finger to fold and seal the wontons. Then flash fry the won tons in a fryer of oil at about 375 degrees for about a minute or untill they just start to brown a bit. Let them cool on a paper towel for a few minutes because that cheese will be smokin' hot (The temperature kind of hot). Then heat up a little bowl of the pepper jelly, dip and consume.

Tom Keffury Recipe

Name: Kelly Kovacovich
Town: Los Osos

Recipe: JD Pork Chops

Ingredients:
½ cup Jack Daniels Whiskey
1/3 cup apple juice
2 tbs. vinegar
1 tbs. Dijon mustard
1 tsp. salt
½ tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 tbs. cooking oil
4 pork chops

Preparation:

In a small bowl, mix Jack Daniels, apple juice, vinegar, mustard, salt, chili, and pepper.

Marinate the pork chops in half mixture for 30 minutes to an hour.

Heat oil in a skillet.

Place pork chops in the skillet and cook thoroughly, browning both sides.

Remove pork chops from skillet.

Add the rest of the mixture to skillet.

Scrape the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon to get all of the pork chop flavor.

Simmer until the mixture thickens to a glaze.

Serve hot and pour glaze over the pork chops.



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