Dive Into The Holiday Spirit

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cupcake

Ingredients (for 24 servings)

2 cups Powdered sugar

2 cups Peanut butter

1/2 cup Butter, room temperature

1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

1 cup Roasted-Peanut & Caramel Snickers Bar, crushed 1/4, frozen

6 tbsp. Heavy cream

24 Cupcakes, premade

12 Snickers S Brand Miniatures, frozen, halved

Method

Put powdered sugar, peanut butter, butter, and vanilla in an electric mixer.

Mix until well incorporated, add Roasted-Peanut & Caramel Snickers Bar and heavy cream, and mix until smooth. Spread approximately 2 tbsp. on each cupcake, then top with mini halves.

Chocolate Chipotle Lamb Chops

Ingredients (for 4 servings)

Chocolate Chipotle Sauce

1/4 cup chocolate, melted

1/4 cup ketchup

1/4 cup chili sauce

2 tablespoons dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons chipotles in adobo sauce, chopped

2 teaspoons yellow mustard

1/4 teaspoon sriracha

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Lamb Chops

4 lamb chops, baby rack of lamb, frenched

2 tablespoons light olive oil

2 cups Ben’s Rice Pilaf, cooked

2 cups steamed vegetables, cooked

Method

Chocolate Chipotle Sauce

In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients. Set it aside.

In a skillet over medium-high heat, add oil. Place lamb chops in hot oil and cook on each side for approximately 3 minutes

Brush each side of lamb chops with chocolate chipotle sauce before serving with rice pilaf and steamed vegetables in a hot water bath and combine chocolate and butter. Keep there until fully melted

Separate the eggs into two bowls – one with yolks and the other with whites.

In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, place 8 egg yolks, orange extract, vanilla extract, and half the sugar; beat at high speed with the paddle attachment until eggs and sugar are creamed together, creating a pale-yellow smooth paste. Once this smooth paste is achieved, blend in chocolate on medium speed; set aside

In a separate bowl, add 8 egg whites, salt and 2 tablespoons sugar; whip until it forms medium-stiff peaks

In a separate bowl, combine heavy cream with the rest of the sugar until it forms semi-stiff peaks. Fold into the chocolate/egg yolk mixture. Fold in egg white mixture

Place into 12 small shot glasses.  (IANS)