[Sca-cooks] Cincinnati chile (was Pepper in chocolate)

[Christiane]

>In fact, the recipe I have for Cincinnati Chili calls for the addition of
>unsweetened cocoa...and what it does (along with the cinnamon and allspice)
>is to make the flavor of the chili much richer...and, with the other
>seasonings, gives the chili a sweet/hot flavor, the hot hitting you after
>you swallow, at the back of your throat.  Really nice!!
>
>Kiri

Interestingly enough, Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations last night was set in Cleveland, and he forced his fellow chef to meet him at Skyline Chile, where they had the Cincinnati-style chile over spaghetti. Bourdain loved it, but his fellow chef was complaining about the cinnamon!

Gianotta