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Spices are essential culinary ingredients in every part of the world, used to sharpen the appetite and titillate the palate. This tastebud-tingling collection of recipes shows how to add fragrant aroma, piquancy or fiery taste to any dish. Explore scorching salsas, relishes and dips, spicy soups, sizzling appetizers and snacks, flaming fish and seafood, poultry and meat dishes with a touch of fire, flame-filled pasta, rice and noodle main dishes, vibrant vegetarian and side dishes, piquant salads, and sweet and spicy desserts and drinks. With a thorough introduction describing the many types of chillies and chilli products available, with tips for storing and preparing fresh and dried chillies, individual spices, spice mixtures, pastes and sambals, this will be an inspiring and invaluable reference for spicelovers everywhere.

A beautifully photographed collection of recipes and information for the most passionate of hot and spicy food fans

A collection of 150 recipes gathered from around the world, combining the tastes and techniques from different cuisines, and incorporating the most fiery as well as the more subtly spiced flavors. By skillfully layering ingredients such as slow-burn ginger, explosive jalepeno and tempering lemongrass, these recipes use chilies and other firey spices to add interest, and not just fire, to aromatic, perfectly-balanced dishes.

A fiery and fun collection of more than 60 delicious recipes that showcase the flavor and heat of chile peppers, perfect for fans of world food and tastebud-tingling heat. In this fabulous book, chile guru Dan May shares his favorite recipes celebrating chiles in all their varieties and strengths. Acquaint yourself first with the history of chiles, how to grow them at home, how to identify the key varieties and understand what gives them their distinctive heat. Next, there are ideas here for every kind of dish: Soups & Salads; Nibbles & Sharing Plates; Main Dishes; Side Dishes; Sauces, Salsas & Marinades; Sweet Things & Drinks. Each recipe comes with a recommendation for the best variety of chile to use so that you get the best flavor and heat. Mouth-watering recipes include Thai Beef Noodle Soup; Chile-marinated Salmon Gravadlax; bite-size Jalapeño Poppers; Moroccan Spiced Lamb Burgers with Pickled Cucumber & Yogurt Dressing; Texas Marinated Steak with Stuffed Mushrooms; Sweet Chile-glazed Ham; Fruity African Bean Stew; Chile-brushed Roast Potatoes with Garlic & Rosemary; Quick Chile Lime Mayo; three fiery pasta sauces; Chile Pecan Brownies; and The Perfect Bloody Mary. If you know your Anchos from your Chipotles—or if you want to learn—you’ll love these hot recipes. Whether you prefer just a touch of spice or you like things seriously hot, The Red Hot Cookbook is guaranteed to breathe new life into your home cooking.