Friday, October 9, 2015

Fatalii Butter :: Home grown African habanero gets buttered up

Fresh picked fatalii chiles w/ heatless habaneros & wee pequins
This is a deliciously HOT butter of the perfect texture and flavor.  Add as few or as many habanero chilies as y’all enjoy.  I like mine devilishly HOT!!  You will use a full pound of organic butter for this recipe, divided use.  We tone the texture & add more flavor by combining organic dairy butter w/ organic coconut oil and coconut milk as well as evoo.  This butter holds a fine texture when chilled and melts readily onto warm foods.  It sautés well, doesn’t burn or brown too rapidly and imparts it’s flavorful heat into whatever you pair it with. 
The green before the gold.  This one plant has over 50 fatalii chilies on it
I developed this recipe to showcase the flavor of the very prolific fatalii chili growing in my garden this summer.  Wikipedia tells us it’s the 7th hottest chili del mundo.  The flavors are fresh and fruity, the heat intense from the first bite with a nice lingering burn. 


Amount
Measure
Ingredient
Prep Method
4 to 8
Large
Favorite habanero chilies
I used fatalii chilies from my garden
¼
Teaspoon
Black pepper
Optional
1 ½
Teaspoons
Sea salt
Flavored sea salt is great.  I used Avanti lavender sea salt
½
Cup
Dry sherry


Directions:

Grind the above in a blender to a smooth paste.  I like to let the chilies sit in the blender jar for an hour or so to infuse and macerate.  Then I blend again to break down the chilies even more. 
 
Ripe fatalii's in all their sun gold glory
In a small saucepan combine the chili sherry mix with the following:
1
Stick
Butter
Organic, grass fed
1
Can
Coconut milk
Organic

Simmer uncovered over low heat for about an hour until reduced by half.  Stir in the following, and once everything is fully melted, turn off the heat and cool.  I store mine in a glass mason jar. 


3
Sticks
Butter
Organic, grass fed
½
Cup
Evoo

½
Cup
Coconut oil
Organic
3
Tablespoons
Hempseeds
Organic



We’re in an organic food lovers renaissance right now.  Do choose organic grass fed dairy whenever possible.  Support the flavor & the changes in animal husbandry.  It’s a win win all around.  The same is true for agriculture.  Organic coconut oil is eco friendly while commercially farmed is likely not.  Let’s be proud of our footprints on a daily basis.  We vote w/ every dollar we spend.  We can be the change we wish to see on this beautiful blue green planet who is most truly our Mother Earth!

And now, some serving suggestions.  The possibilities are as HOT as the Fatalii Butter.
The fatalii frittata w/ organic yam, eggplant & cherry tomato
HOT Fried Rice.  Always a winner.  This is with the famous Avanti organic brown rice medley, organic egg scramble and Huntington Beach Farmers Market zucchini, onion & cilantro. 
Fatalii butter seared cauliflower steak w/ guava roasted tofu, baby kale,  cilantro miso  & preserved lemon tomato relish 
Organic brown and wild rice quenelles browned in Fatalii butter & golden oil top golden tomato & miso horseradish sauce w/ basil blossom heirloom tomato salsa
Most of the vegetables above are from the Tuesday evening Huntington Beach Farmers Market.  Support your local farmers.  Many of the farmers there use organic principles but are not certified due to certification costs.  Do you trust your farmer?  

Not pictured, but oh so amazing, would be a simple grilled cheese made w/ Avanti Fatalii Buttered 1000000+++ grain bread, buffalo mozzarella, wild arugula & avocado.  This butter is also perfect at the table as your extra HOT summertime butter to spread on cornbread, corn on the cob, muffins and more.  When you taste how it melts into warm banana bread, you will surely Freak OUT Fatalii.  

Eating Healthy & Delicious is a Win Win Win Situation!
Eat, Live & Party Well
Blog post by Chef Mark Cleveland

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