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Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Craig Sharry | March 1, 2013

4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed, boiled
4 large potatoes skin-on and cubed, boiled
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1/4 cup pimento
1/2 cup diced onion
2 boiled eggs, diced
1/2 cup Pineapple Sweet Fire pickles, diced
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1 cup mayonnaise or Miracle Whip (I use Miracle Whip)
dash salt
dash pepper
dash paprika

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix all of the above ingredients except the paprika thoroughly. Be careful that you don’t mash the boiled potatoes. The skin on the unpeeled potatoes will probably slip off; this is okay. Just mix it in along with everything else.

Put the thoroughly mixed ingredients in a nice serving bowl, if you’re eating soon, or in a Tupperware-type bowl with a sealing lid, if you’re making your potato salad well ahead of time. Sprinkle the paprika over the top of the salad, cover, and refrigerate. Try to get the salad good and cold before you serve it; I usually make it a day ahead so the flavors and textures have time and opportunity to blend well.

Our Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad is the perfect accompaniment to some good BBQ or grilled chicken or pork, and of course the best grilled meat will be covered with Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy or rubs.

Add to these some baked beans and maybe some corn (on the cob, in season) and you’ve got my all-time favorite meal of all time.

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Texas Star Sampler is ON SALE!

Craig Sharry | February 22, 2013

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One of our best sellers – Texas Pepper Jelly’s Star Sampler is ON SALE right now for only $14.97; that’s a savings of $8.00 for you!

Most companies have samplers, of course, but Texas Pepper Jelly’s samplers are different. Not only is the quality higher, but you, our customer, get to choose your flavors.

That’s right – each and every sampler is custom-packed, to YOUR specifications.

Our Star Sampler consists of six 2-oz jars of pepper jelly – any flavors you want. And when you’ve used them all, you’ll have a beautiful bamboo star to re-use for crafts, gifting, etc.

Order your beautiful Star Sampler RIGHT HERE, and don’t forget to tell us what flavors you want.

At this price, why not order several, for yourself (of course) and for gifts!

And, as always, we thank you for being a Texas Pepper Jelly customer. We value and appreciate your business!

(Don’t forget to check us out on Facebook and Twitter, too!) We’re on Pinterest, too!

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The Best Boning Knife You’ll Ever Use!

Craig Sharry | February 15, 2013

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Every good cook needs a good boning knife. Meats must be prepared before they’re cooked, whether that would be in the kitchen or outside on a grill.

Texas Pepper Jelly is proud to feature Messermeister knives of all kinds, and their boning knife is the best we’ve ever used.

Beef, chicken, pork, lamb. . . whatever kind of meat you’re preparing must usually be boned, and this is best done with a super-sharp knife made especially for that purpose. Boning knives are thinner – more razor-like – than a regular knife; they are perfect for the precise cutting and “drilling” required for preparing meat for cooking.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s knives are the best, plain and simple. You’ll not find better knives in any store at any price.

You can order your Messermeister boning knife right HERE.

Category: Messermeister Knives, Texas Pepper Jelly | Tags: beef, boning knife, chef, chicken, cook, good boning knife, grill, kitchen, lamb, meat, pork, steaks

Spicy Texas Valentine Clusters and MORE!

Craig Sharry | February 8, 2013

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Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so why not share a spicy-sweet chocolate-y treat with those you love best? Anybody can waltz into a store and buy Valentine candy, so your homemade Texas Clusters will be a truly unique gift, and since you’re making them yourself, they’ll be a genuine gift from the heart!

Our Texas Clusters will also leave you with a warm glow inside for more reasons than just love.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Apple Cherry Habanero Rib Candy
1 teaspoon powdered cloves
1 teaspoon powdered cinnamon
Small pinch of black pepper
2/3 cups cashew pieces
1/8 cup finely diced apple (peeled)
1/8 cup dried cherries
12 ounces of dark melting chocolate (I use Wilton’s)
kosher or sea salt

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients except the chocolate and the salt. Use your hands; make sure everything is mixed extremely well.

Melt the chocolate; you can do this in the microwave or in a double-boiler on top of your stove. Stir constantly; don’t let it scorch.

Spread a large piece of waxed paper or parchment paper in a big cookie sheet; it’s best if the pan has small “sides,” otherwise your melted chocolate will go astray!

On the paper, spread the mixture in your bowl. Sprinkle the salt over this mixture; you only need a very little. Pour the chocolate over this nutty mixture, covering it all evenly. Sprinkle a few extra nuts over the top.

Put the pan in your refrigerator for an hour. Then take it out and break it into pieces, as you would for peanut brittle.

Step back. Don’t count on any leftovers.

Once you’ve become comfortable making it, experiment with the other Rib Candy flavors, and/or add more or different spices. I’ve used nutmeg instead of cinnamon, and it was pretty good, too.

Be sure your loved ones have something to drink. The spices are subtle, but they’re certainly there.

Chocolate and fruit and nuts and spices. What else could anyone wish for, on Valentine’s Day? Texas Clusters will become one of your family’s favorite treats!

Be sure to check out Texas Pepper Jelly’s homemade Spicy Conversation Hearts !

There’s nothing like some spicy candy to put a little hot romance into a relationship. . . .

Category: Spicy desserts, Spicy Valentine, Uncategorized | Tags: easy spicy candy, holiday candy, Spicy Texas Hearts, Spicy Valentine Clusters, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Valentine Candy

SuperBowl Food: Spicy Pepperoni Crescents!

Craig Sharry | February 1, 2013

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We can’t ever put enough SuperBowl food on the coffee table, can we! They’ll devour everything we put before them, so why not put as many nutritious snacks on that SuperBowl buffet as we can!

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Pepperoni Crescents are so easy to make, so delicious, and not all that bad for ya!

Ingredients:

2 tubes of crescent rolls
2 packages sliced pepperoni
Mozzarella cheese
Garlic powder
Pepper Jelly, any flavor (why not put an assortment of flavors on the table?)
Loco Cheese Dip

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 375. Get out a large cookie or pizza pan.

Unroll the crescent rolls, and on each one, put 8 or so pieces of pepperoni. Cover the pepperoni with Mozzarella, and roll the crescents up. Dust with garlic powder, and bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until golden.

Pile the crescents on a big tray or platter, and serve with Texas Pepper Jelly and Loco Cheese Dip for dippin’ purposes.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Pepperoni Crescents will be a huge hit at your SuperBowl party!

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food | Tags: easy SuperBowl snacks, Loco Cheese Dip, nutritious SuperBowl food, party snacks, Superbowl Food, SuperBowl snacks, Texas Pepper Jelly

SuperBowl Food – Texas Style! SuperBowl Sliders!

Craig Sharry | January 31, 2013

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Looking for the best SuperBowl food? You’re at the right place! Texas Pepper Jelly’s recipes are almost ALL well-suited for your couch football fans, and our favorites are featured right here!

Click that link up there and you won’t need to search anywhere else for awesomely good, spicy football food.

And while we’re talking about SuperBowl food, let’s just add this to the list of sure-fire couch-pleasers:

SuperBowl Sliders! (YOu know – miniature cheeseburgers!)

Ingredients:

4 pounds ground beef
5 large onions, cut into rings
1 jar Loco Cheese Dip
Two packages of dinner rolls, approximately 2 dozen rolls
Condiments as desired

What to do:

Form the ground beef into small patties, about 3 inches in diameter
In a large frying pan, lay the onion circles in the pan, and put the hamburger patties on top of the onions. Don’t worry about making them even. Fry the hamburger patties on medium-low heat, turning several times to insure doneness but not burning. The onions will carmelize and “share their wealth” with the hamburger. When the burgers are done, scoop them up, along with the onions, and put one patty on the bottom half of a split dinner roll. Generously spread Loco Cheese Dip over the burger, and replace the top bun. Put the cooked onions in a bowl- they’ll be a condiment. Each time you take up a batch of burgers, replace the cooked onions with fresh-cut.

When you’ve got a huge platter of Loco Cheese Dip-covered mini-burgers-on-a-dinner-roll, bring it into the TV room, put it on the coffee table along with whatever condiments (don’t forget the onions!) your crew wants.

Then, stand back. Or take your place on the couch and grab a slider yourself. Football isn’t only for the guys, you know.

My husband refers to SuperBowl Sliders as “a man’s hors d’oeuvres,” and he just might be right!

He also wanted me to tell you that you can’t fix too many of these. However many you make, they’ll devour.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Loco Cheese Dip, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Pepper Jelly, Uncategorized | Tags: cheeseburgers, condiments, football food, football sliders, hamburgers, Loco Cheese Sauce, platter of sliders, Superbowl Food, SuperBowl Sliders, SuperBowl snacks, Texas Pepper Jelly superbowl

Strawberry Habanero Cake! A Superbowl Specialty!

Craig Sharry | January 25, 2013

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It’s still winter, of course, but it won’t be all that long until spring, and with the spring come the strawberries!

Our Strawberry Habanero cake will turn your simple dinner dessert into a real party! And did I mention that it’s unbelievably delicious?!

You can, of course, make the cake completely from scratch, but our version is a lot easier!

Ingredients:

1 strawberry cake mix
2 eggs
1/8 cup oil
1/4 cup Strawberry Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup water
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 can strawberry icing, or make your own.

What to do:

In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the sliced strawberries and icing, and mix well. Pour into two buttered layer cake pans, and bake for approximately 32 minutes. When your toothpick comes out clean, your cake is done.

Let the cakes cool. Turn one layer upside-down onto a plate and frost thickly. Turn the other layer right-side-up on top of the first layer, and frost completely. Cover frosting with sliced strawberries.

I usually let the cake chill in the refrigerator for an hour or two before I serve it. It’s great with ice cream! I also like to mix a tablespoon of Strawberry Habanero pepper jelly in the icing before I start frosting the cake. Your call.

Strawberry Habanero Cake is a perfect Superbowl Party food!

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: Spicy desserts, strawberry habanero, Superbowl Food, superbowl recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas strawberry cake

Spicy Peach Pie – Texas Style!

Craig Sharry | January 18, 2013

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spicy desserts, spicy peach pie IF you read our newsletter – and you really should because it’s full of information, deals, codes, and recipes – you’ll know that we’ve got Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce right now! You can do so much with our grilling sauces; they’re very versatile and great for grilling (naturally) and a zillion other things, too!

Spicy Texas Style Peach Pie is one of my family’s favorites.

Ingredients:

five cups thinly sliced peaches (or two large cans drained peaches)
1 cup sugar (I use Splenda)
1/2 cup Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch (not both! Choose one.)
Uncooked pie crust – top and bottom

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix together the peaches, sugar, grilling sauce, cinnamon, and butter. Pour into uncooked pie shell.

Sprinkle the cinnamon on top of the peach mixture, and put the butter in the middle. Cover with top crust in whatever style or pattern you wish. Crimp the edges wekk. Poke a few holes in the top crust.

Bake in 450 oven for 20 minutes, then lower oven temperature to 326 and bake for another half hour. When the crush looks nice and done, poke with a toothpick to see if the peaches are done. If you’re using fresh peaches, you’ll probably have to bake another 10 or so minutes.

Remove from oven and let it “set” for about an hour. If you slice it too soon, it’ll run all over the plate.

Got any ice cream? Good. Serve your pie with that.

Store the opened Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce in the refrigerator.

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Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Newsletter, TPJ Recipes | Tags: ice cream, newsletter, Spicy desserts, Texas Style Spicy Peach Pie, TPJ desserts, TPJ Newsletter

Sweet and Spicy Apple Pecans

Craig Sharry | January 16, 2013

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What’s good on ice cream? REPHRASE: What’s good for you and good on ice cream?

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Sweet and Spicy Apple Pecans, that’s what.

And, it’s a crockpot recipe, which means little or no effort on your part but still delicious, nutritious, and destined to become a family favorite!

Ingredients:

1 pound pecan halves
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon chili powder (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon onion powder (or finely diced onion)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and very finely chopped
1/2 cup Apple Habanero pepper jelly

What to do:

Put all of the ingredients in your crockpot and stir well. Make sure all the pecans and apple pieces are coated.

Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes.

Turn slow cooker to low, stir, and cook for another hour.

Transfer the mixture to a baking or pizza sheet, and let cool completely.

Get out the ice cream and pie.

P.S. Your house will smell WONDERFUL all day long.

Category: crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks, What's Cookin' Wednesday | Tags: crockpot, ice cream, slow cooker, sweet and spicy apple pecans, Texas Pepper Jelly

SuperBowl Food: Hot Crockpot Spinach Dip

Craig Sharry | January 12, 2013

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Winter snacks should be hot – hot with heat and hot with peppers! Hot winter snacks warm us up, all the way through.

Crockpot recipes are so easy, and Texas Pepper Jelly’s delicious and nutritious Hot Crockpot Spinach Dip is no exception.

Ingredients:

1 box (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and thoroughly drained
1 cup mayonnaise (do not substitute Miracle Whip)
1/2 cup sour cream (not fat-free)
1/2 cup Apple Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup finely chopped apples (peeled) (applesauce works, too)
2 tablespoons garlic powder
3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup diced tomatoes (if you use canned, drain thoroughly!)
1/4 cup finely diced onion

What to do:

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Put mixture in your slow cooker, cover, and set to “low.”

Go to work, if it’s morning. Go to bed, if it’s night. Let the mixture cook in the crockpot for 8-10 hours. Turn crockpot off, and let “set” for an hour or two.

Pour into bowl, surround with breadsticks, chips, raw veggies, whatever your family or guests like best to dip. Stand back.

Don’t count on any leftovers. There never are any at my house. My husband and son and their friends will clean up every bite of this dip in one evening. I’ve taken to hiding a cup for my daughter and me; otherwise, it’s too dangerous to try to dip.

Category: crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Appetizers, Uncategorized | Tags: crockpot snacks, easy snacks, football food, hot crockpot spinach dip, spicy snacks, SuperBowl snacks, Texas Pepper Jelly

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Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Texas Star Sampler is ON SALE!

The Best Boning Knife You’ll Ever Use!

Spicy Texas Valentine Clusters and MORE!

SuperBowl Food: Spicy Pepperoni Crescents!

SuperBowl Food – Texas Style! SuperBowl Sliders!

Strawberry Habanero Cake! A Superbowl Specialty!

Sweet and Spicy Apple Pecans

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