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Monday Munchies: Spicy Supreme Cranberry Sauce

Craig Sharry | November 15, 2010
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mondaymunchies What’s Thanksgiving dinner without cranberry sauce? You can’t leave out the cranberry sauce! It just wouldn’t be right!

Fortunately, cranberry sauce is easy to make, and Texas Pepper Jelly’s recipe is the best EVER!

One way to start is by creating the basic sauce, which many people like just as it is.

Ingredients:

One bag of cranberries (12 oz)
1 cup sugar (real, not fake)
1 cup water

What to do:

Put all ingredients in a saucepan and cook for about ten minutes on medium/low heat. Stir constantly; I’m serious – don’t walk away from the stove!

Pour into pretty bowl and let it cool. Serve.

However, OUR recipe is a bit different, although it’s still really easy.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Supreme Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients:

1 bag cranberries (12 oz)
1 cup orange juice (I use the pulpy kind) cranberries, Texas Pepper Jelly, cranberry sauce, cranberry habanero
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup Cranberry Habanero Pepper Jelly

What to do:

Put everything except the pepper jelly in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for about ten minutes, stirring constantly. After ten minutes, remove from heat and add the pepper jelly. Let it cool.

Pour into pretty dish and serve. This is the most awesome cranberry sauce recipe in the world. I’m not kidding.

Of course, there’s another way to make some pretty good cranberry sauce. It’s easy, too.

Here’s what you do: go to the deli counter and buy some cranberry sauce. Bring it home and add a jar of Texas Habanero pepper jelly. Pour into pretty dish and serve.

But that would be cheating. Or would it? Your call. I’m making mine from scratch, but the deli stuff is pretty good, too. The point is, whatever kind of cranberry sauce you serve, it’s going to be wayyyy better with Texas Pepper Jelly’s Cranberry Habanero in it.

Bon appetite.

Category: Christmas in Texas, Monday Munchies, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes |

It’s Back, But Not For Long!

Craig Sharry | November 11, 2010
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image1 Texas Pepper Jelly has a special announcement, and you’re going to love it!

For the very limited Holiday Season, we’ve brought back our yummy delicious Cranberry Habanero Pepper Jelly!

Thanksgiving is in just a few days, folks – week after next, in fact – so get your Cranberry Habanero pepper jelly ordered NOW!

All Texas Pepper Jellies are awesome, of course, but there’s something about holiday time that makes people long for cranberries; Texas Cranberry Habanero pepper jelly goes with EVERYTHING on your holiday table, and your family and guests will love it and beg for more!

Use it with stuffing or as a glaze on the turkey or ham. Use it the day after your holiday feast with leftover turkey or ham sandwiches. Pour it on cream cheese or Neufchatel and dip crackers, veggies, shrimp, or anything you like in it. Spread it on those homemade yeast rolls. Glaze vegetables with it.

Time’s a wasting! Cranberry Habanero is fantastic! Don’t delay; order yours before it’s gone for another year.

P.S. Texas Pepper Jelly’s Cranberry Habanero pepper jelly makes an awesome holiday gift, too!

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What’s Cookin’ Wednesday: Spicy Apple Pie

Craig Sharry | November 10, 2010
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whatscookinwednesday Recipes for various pies have been posted here before, each one more delicious than the one before, but my family thinks Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Apple Pie is the best of all.

It’s certainly simple! And who can argue that pie isn’t the best dessert of all? Not my kids. They’d eat Spicy Apple Pie every night if they could.

Ingredients:

Double pie crust (Make it yourself, or use refrigerated pie crust. Your family will be concentrating on what’s INSIDE the crust, with this recipe!)

8 large tart apples, peeled and sliced thin (Any apple pie is best when several varieties of tart apples are used. I like to use Granny Smith, Gala, and any kind of Delicious.)

1 cup sugar (I use Splenda.)

1 tablespoon cinnamon

4 tsp. butter

Dash salt (use real salt)

1/2 cup Apple Habanero Pepper Jelly (Use Apple Jalapeno if you dare!)

What to do:

Stretch one of the pie crusts over a deep-dish pie pan. In a large bowl, mix together everything else, and dump it into the pie pan. Cover with top crust, and crimp the edges.

Bake at 425 for twenty minutes; then lower temperature to 325 degrees and bake for another half hour. Remove pie and check the tenderness of the apples with a toothpick. If apples are not tender, return to oven for another fifteen minutes.

Serve hot, cold, or room temperature. It’s Spicy Apple Pie, and any way you serve it, it’s perfect.

If you have some vanilla ice cream, that goes well with pie, too. Some people like a slab of cheese with their apple pie.

However you like your pie, you’ll LOVE this pie!

Category: Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks, What's Cookin' Wednesday |

Monday Munchies: Pepper Jelly Glazed Ham – Again

Craig Sharry | November 7, 2010
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mondaymunchies We’re getting ready to move, in a few months that is, but we’re trying to clean out the small freezer in the garage because it has to be defrosted before we move it, and before we defrost it, we have to empty it.

I was happy to discover, under all the boxes of frozen pizza, a frozen ham!

So, for dinner tonight, we had Pepper Jelly glazed ham. There were two slices left over, which Tim plans to take for lunch tomorrow, but I’m not sure that’s going to happen because our son saw me wrap them and put them in the refrigerator.

Here’s how I made it; remember, recipes don’t have to be fancy to be fantastic.

Ingredients:

Ham
Texas Pepper Jelly
(is it complicated yet?)

What to do:

Put the ham in a baking dish, smear it all over with the pepper jelly, and bake it for a half hour at 350. If your ham wasn’t quite thawed when you started, stick a long sharp knife in it to make sure it’s heated through.

That’s it. And it was yummy good.

The last time we had Pepper Jelly glazed ham for dinner, I used Pineapple Habanero. This time, I used Berry Medley. We’re still arguing over which was best; so far, it’s a pretty clean 50-50 deal.

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy main dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes |

A Feast of Fridays: Chicken Pepper Jelly Stir Fry

Craig Sharry | November 5, 2010
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feastoffridays On Wednesday, I promised I’d share with you my daughter’s Thursday night pepper jelly delight, so here it is. All I can say is, I sure envy her supper guests this week! This chicken pepper jelly stir-fry is about as individualistic as a meal can get because after she cooked the chicken mixture, each guests got to stir in whatever kind of Texas Pepper Jelly he/she liked best!

Ingredients:

2 pounds cut-up chicken
1 tbs. olive oil
1 green pepper, cut into thin strips
2 onions, diced
fresh fruit, various kinds (Sara had raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, orange slices, & apples)
As many jars of Texas Pepper Jelly as you have on hand (Sara had several)

What to do:

Put the chicken in a large frying pan or wok along with a tablespoon of olive oil, and cook until almost done. Add the green pepper and onions, and cook until chicken is completely done.

Photo0250Each guests then dipped out a share of the chicken mixture, put it on his/her plate, and added fruit and pepper jelly to taste. Some of the guests stirred theirs in a smaller pan; others just mixed it in their plate and took it from there.

At the end of the meal, every single jar – and they had all been unopened – was empty.

Some people used the pepper jelly on their salads, as well. Texas Pepper Jelly makes an awesome salad dressing!

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Super Easy Party Recipes, Ten Minute Meals, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes |

What’s Cookin’ Wednesday: Pineapple Habanero Chicken!

Craig Sharry | November 3, 2010
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Photo0249 My daughter was having some friends over for a casual supper, so I gave her a jar of Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly, This is what she did with it!

Ingredients:

1 pound of cut-up chicken, fully cooked
1 cup diced pineapple
1 cup barbecue sauce, any kind
1 cup Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly
Dash of allspice, cinnamon, and cloves. Just a dash, mind you.

What to do:

Mix everything together in a big bowl, and dump it into a baking dish. Bake for about 20 minutes at 350 degrees, and serve. Sara made some cornbread to go with it, and her guests spread the leftover pepper jelly on it and chowed down.

No leftovers. There seldom are any leftovers when you use a Texas Pepper Jelly product!

P.S. Wait until you hear what she’s planning for Thursday night! Read about it right here, on Friday’s post.

P.P.S. Yum. That’s all I’m sayin’.

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A Message From Craig: Time To Think About Christmas!

Craig Sharry | November 1, 2010
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TexasChristmasDear Texas Pepper Jelly Fans,

Summer is over and the kids are back in school If you’re like me, you’re always amazed at how fast the summer goes by. The up side is that the weather is still beautiful, and there is still plenty of time to get all of your holiday shopping done early.

I know what you’re thinking. Thanksgiving is still a month away, and here he is talking about Christmas. You’re correct, but if I do not start early, Christmas will be here and gone before we know it. So planning early only makes sense.

Texas Pepper Jelly has tried to make your gift giving as easy as possible. On our web site is a link to our Gift Packages. There we offer several gift tins that you yourself have filled with the flavors of your choice. That is about as easy as it get

strawrhubsmAlso for the holiday season, Texas Pepper Jelly has brought back for a limited time our famous Strawberry Rhubarb Habanero jelly. This unique flavor has always been a favorite for the holiday season, and it goes fast, so be sure to order yours now. It might be another year before you see it again

If this is your first time ordering, I’d like to extend my sincerest thanks for trying our product. I mixedcasemust clue you in on something that the rest of us already know, though. Texas Pepper Jelly is some of the finest pepper jelly around. You will be surprised at how many uses that our product has. With over a dozen flavors to choose from, you might even want to consider our mixed case: available in three jar sizes, it’s the best way to make sure you have plenty of flavors on hand.

Remember, you can always find recipes and suggestions for our Rib Candy and Pepper Jellies on our blog.

Also feel free to drop us an email or call if you have any questions or suggestions about any of our products. We love to hear about YOUR recipes and uses of our products, too!

Until Next Time,

Craig Sharry

Category: Christmas in Texas, Craig Sharry, holiday gifts, Monday Munchies, News Flash!, perfect gift, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Samplers, Texas Tips, TPJ Customer service, TPJ Gifts, TPJ Newsletter, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sampler Tins |

A Feast of Fridays: Pineapple Habanero Black Bean Soup

Craig Sharry | October 28, 2010
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feastoffridays I mentioned to Craig, the Big Boss, last night, that I had filled my crockpot with pineapple black bean soup, and that if my family liked it, I was going to post the recipe here.

They loved it. So here it is!
crockpotpepperjelly

Ingredients:

2 cans black beans, thoroughly rinsed
1 can yellow corn, drained
1 can pineapple chunks (don’t drain it)
1 cup salsa
1 cup Pineapple Habanero Pepper Jelly
2 large onions, diced
2 tsp. garlic, any form you might have in the house
1 tsp. ground cumin
juice of one lime
1 cup water

What to do:

Put all ingredients in a large crockpot/slow cooker, turn it on low, and go to work. When you get back home, in eight hours or so, stir the mixture and replace lid. Turn to High while you fix a salad and some grilled cheese sandwiches. Turn off your crockpot, put a ladle in it, and stand back.

Dive in.

Category: Craig Sharry, crockpot meals, Feast of Fridays, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy soups, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes |

What’s Cookin’ Wednesday: Pepper Jelly Candy!

Craig Sharry | October 27, 2010
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whatscookinwednesday Pepper Jelly Candy is actually a kind of “fruit leather,” popularly know as fruit roll-ups. I don’t usually roll it up because I like using my seasonal cookie cutters with it instead!

Ingredients:

12 tablespoons sugar (real sugar, NOT Splenda!)
1 1/3 cups Texas Pepper Jelly, any flavor (you can divide these ingredients equally to use several different flavors, if you wish.)
8 tbsp. corn syrup
8 tbsp. unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water

What to do:

First of all, make sure your pan is well prepared by weetting it lightly with plain water. Don’t grease the pan.

Place the gelatin in the cold water to soften (this will take just a few minutes)

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, mix the pepper jelly, sugar, and corn syrup. Stir constantly until the sugar dissolves; don’t walk away and leave it over the heat!

Stir in the gelatin and continue stirring until the gelatin is completely dissolved.

Pour into the prepared (damp) pan and leave until completely set. This will take several hours – up to six. Just keep checking.

Once the candy has “set,” turn it out of the pan onto waxed paper and use your cookie cutters on it. Or, you can roll it up if that’s what you want. (Use your pizza cutter if you’re going to roll it up.)

Serve plain or roll the shapes in sugar. We like ours plain.

Mmmm, Pepper Jelly Candy! (You can use regular jelly, or even fruit juice, but we prefer pepper jelly for ours.)

Category: Spicy desserts, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, What's Cookin' Wednesday |

Monday Munchies: Cheese Platter with Pepper Jelly

Craig Sharry | October 25, 2010
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mondaymunchies Here’s another reminder to y’all that so often, it’s the simplest possible thing that is also the yummy best!

I went to a reception today and the most popular food on the buffet table was the large platter of cheeses.

That’s “cheeses.” Plural. People were clustering around this gigantic platter of assorted cheeses, slathering them with pepper jelly and regular jelly, and practically inhaling them!

How simple can it get? It was just a big platter covered with slices of all kinds of cheeses, each with a toothpick stuck in it for easy grabbin’.

I’m definitely doing this for my next company dinner. My husband has to bring “something unique” to his school pitch-in next week, too, and guess what: he’s going to be bringing this same cheese platter.

I think there were about eight different kinds of cheese on the platter today. I’ll be limited; this is a small town, but even so, I think I can manage several kinds of cheese for Tim’s contribution to the pitch-in. And when I do it for myself, here at home, I’ll do my cheese-buying in the city, where’s there will be more of a selection.

It was simply delicious. Cheese and pepper jelly. Mmmmm, good.

Category: Monday Munchies, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes |
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