Hot Candied Nuts!
Oh man, did I screw up. I slopped together a concoction tonight and didn't measure a thing. I just took a sample and it was fabulous. I'm sure I'll never be able to reproduce it!
Thought I'd take advantage of the 12 degree weather and cold smoke some cheese for a snack day tomorrow at work. I had also gotten some mixed nuts that I wanted to smoke. So I mixed the following in the wok over medium high heat:
34 oz mixed nuts
hot bacon grease (about 1/4 cup)
few dashes of soy sauce
1/3 bottle Cayenne hot drops (3 fl oz "dat'l do-it" brand)
(stir in well before adding anything else)
1.5 handfuls of brown sugar
dry mustard powder
chili powder
cayenne powder
red pepper flake
honey
Cooked, stiring regularly, for about 20 minutes. Then put them in the cold smoker. They've been smoking for about 3 1/2 hours with apple chips. I'm gonna let them go for another hour then pull them. I'm tellin' you the balance between heat and sweet was perfect. I'll never get it right again!
Too cold to take the camera outside. I'll take some shots when I bring them in.
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Looks great, Josh! Like Mike said, now you just need to get that recipe down.
