Alpine:   (432) 837-9232
Fort Worth:   (817) 336-1009
Culinary

Recipes

Chipotle Brownies

Ingridients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup powdered cocoa, sifted
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 medium chipotle pepper, from can
  • 2 tablespoons adobo sauce, from can of chipotle peppers
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  • Prepare 8"x 12" pan for baking and set aside.
  • Beat eggs in a mixer until light and fluffy.
  • Blend in sugar and brown sugar.
  • Add remaining ingredients and pour into prepared baking pan.
  • Bake for 60 minutes.
  • Makes 16-24 brownies

Summertime Gaspacho

Ingridients:

  • 12 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 4 red onions, diced
  • 4 cups fresh basil finely chopped
  • 6 celery stalks, diced
  • 1 (6-ounce) cans tomato juice
  • 2 tablespoons Tobasco sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 to 4 fresh limes, cut into small wedges

Directions:

  • Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and chill at least 2 hours before serving.
  • Finish each serving with a squeeze or two of lime.

Micallef Melonrita

Ingridients:

  • 2 (2-inch) cubes fresh watermelon
  • 1 1/2 ounces Tequila
  • 1/2 ounce Tuaca Liqeur
  • 2 ounces Sweet-and-Sour Mix
  • Granulated sugar to coat rim of glass
  • Watermelon wedge for Garnish

Directions:

  • Combine all the ingredients in a drink shaker. Muddle the watermelon in the bottom of the shaker (mash gently with a muddler or pestle) Shake gently twice.
  • Pour over ice into glass with sugared rim. Garnish with Watermelon wedge.