Sweet and Spicy Chili Nuts, Secret Recipe Club....

And another Secret Recipe Club post goes into my records. These posts are really adding up which means the months are going past far too quickly, and I'm getting older by the second. This month really tested me, the blog I was assigned to visit and make a recipe from was Heidi's Verden, a Danish blog which translated means Heidi's World. The blog has a Google translate button to use  but it doesn't work with Internet Explorer so I had to do a lot of copying and pasting. Heidi's blog has many great looking recipes and I wish I didn't have the translate button issues but her pictures are what kept me scanning through each post to decide what I would like to make. I ended up choosing her sweet and spicy chili nuts. They looked like those snacks where you eat one and then another, and another and you just cant stop, you know the ones right? The recipe was easy to follow and if I was to change one thing it would be to make them spicier. This is no reflection of Heidi's cooking as everyone has different heat tolerance levels and mines just seems to be a little nuts if you pardon the pun. The addition of apple cider vinegar and lime juice was very interesting and even with her disclaimer about smelling the pan after adding these two ingredients I still went ahead and tried it. I should have trusted her as the fumes do tend to be very good at clearing any sinus congestion you might have!

Here's the recipe from Heidi's World:

25 g butter
3.25 cups mixed nuts (I used equal parts almonds, cashews and pecans)
0.5 cups light cane sugar
1 tsp mild smoked paprika
2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
0.25 cups apple cider vinegar
2 ½ tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon salt coarse

Melt the butter in a thick-bottomed wide pan - preferably nonstick.
Pour in the nuts and toast them in approx. 3-5 minutes to cashew nuts are beginning to take color. Add sugar and let caramelise, while stirring gently - it can take about 15-20 minutes so be patient. Once the sugar has melted, add paprika, chili and cumin - stir thoroughly around so the spices are distributed. 

 Add the vinegar and lime juice and stir the liquid is well distributed, and the vinegar has evaporated  Finally add the salt, stirring constantly. Turn oven to 350 degrees. Spread nuts out on baking paper in a roasting pan and dry them in the oven for approx. 5 minutes - watch out that they do not get too dark.
Take the pan off and let the nuts cool completely - when they are cold they should break apart and store them in a tightly closed container.

To see other great recipes from this month's Secret Recipe Club, follow the links below!

Apple and Cinnamon Crumble   Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies!   Strawberry Cream Cheese Quick Bread   Grilled Chicken Kabobs with Bacon   Eggless Apple, Cinnamon and Oatmeal cookies   Panna Cotta   Coconut Creme Brûlée   Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake   PB Banana Treats   Crunchy Roasted Chickpeas   Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosti   Birthday Gravlax   Sweet Potato Biscuits   Pork Tacos, Dallas Gas Station Style   Homemade Chicken Stock   Potato Gratin Muffins   Lamb Lasagna   Flourless mini lava cakes   Chinese 5-Spice Harvest Chili   Mocha Cake   Pumpkin and Sausage Baked Pasta   Peanut Butter Cookie Bars with Chocolate Ganache   Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins   Blackened Chicken Alfredo   Rustic Tomato and Cheese Margherita Tarts   Double Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes   Tahitian Lime Mousse Shoters   Moist Chocolate Layer Cake   Cheesy Jalapeno Cornbread   Oatmeal Bars   Oven-Roasted Fiesta Fries   Speedy Cinnamon Rolls   Baked Spiced Chickpeas   Apple Cinnamon Bites   Harvest Soup   Apple Crisp   Pumpkin Pie Pancakes   O’Henry Bars   Sweet and Spicy Chili Nuts   Peanut Butter Cups   Crockpot Apple Butter   5-Minute Fudge   Loaded Baked Potato Gnocchi   Corn-Bacon Chowder   Chuncheon Chicken Wings   Pear Frangipane Tart   Shortcut Coconut Almond Macaroon   Enchiladas with Pumpkin Sauce   The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich   Balsamic Herb Glazed Chicken   Toasted Coconut Handmade Marshmallows   Buttery Jaffa Drizzle Cake   Almond Creme Anglaise with Galliano Amaretto   Cardamom Rice Pudding   Roasted Chicken Piccata   Gluten-Free Carrot-Raisin Walnut Bread   Sweet Potato Fries   Raspberry Ssamjang   Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies   Apple Cake   M&M Candy Pudding Cookies   La Brea Tar Pit Chicken Wings   Brownies   Thai Turkey Burgers with Broccoli Slaw   Greek Meatball Skewers   Hummingbird Cake   Pan Fried Chickpeas   Stuffed Bell Peppers   Restaurant Style Salsa   Sangria Chicken Rustic Baguette   Pumpkin Butter   Danish Puff   Speculoos   Avocado, Yogurt and Coriander Dip   Lemon Yogurt Cake

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