[Sca-cooks] Cincinnati chile (was Pepper in chocolate)
Christiane
christianetrue at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 28 07:33:33 PDT 2007
>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
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