Cocoa powder (Recipe: cocoa-cumin-allspice rub)
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I put a whisper of unsweetened cocoa powder in my chili.
Although I sure as heck won't be making it today!
What a good idea....chocolate and chili. I'm not much of a baker, so I'm always looking for ways to incorporate cocoa powder into savory dishes.
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Love that idea of putting cocoa in the chili...!
Assuming some of you know this: hot chocolate with chili, and no suger, is quite something... wonderful to drink in these British winters. I believe it's traditional Mexican/Incan, if I haven't gotten that wrong. Several companies here make versions of it... not quite sure how they mix the chili in (not powder, but oil, I think).
Paul, you're right about the chocolate-chile connection. When we visited the small villages of Mexico's Oaxaca region some years ago, we stopped at a grindery where the villagers would bring whatever they wanted to grind: grain, corn, cocoa. The chiles were ground right in with the cocoa, so all would be the same consistency. Amazing how the tiniest pinch of chile powder in hot chocolate makes a huge different -- the heat catches you by surprise. Thanks for giving us the idea; it's getting cooler here in New England, which means apple pie and hot chocolate!