32 texa recipes

Rich South Texas duck gumbo with a dark roux, okra, tomatoes, and Cajun seasonings served over rice. A slow-simmered hunter's gumbo built for wild mallard duck.

Fudgy, cocoa-rich brownies loaded with pecan halves and chocolate chunks. Butter melted right into the cocoa gives these a dense, truffle-like center with a crackly dry top. Game day gold.

A self-saucing chocolate cake that creates its own gooey pudding layer as it bakes. Pour the cocoa-brown sugar topping right over the batter and let the oven work its magic. One pan, zero fuss.

A thin, fudgy chocolate sheet cake with sour cream for moisture, topped with a warm boiled cocoa icing poured on while still hot. Bakes in a jelly roll pan and feeds a big crowd fast.

Texas white chili with dried white beans, chicken breast, green chilies, cumin, and Monterey Jack cheese. A hearty, no-tomato chili simmered from scratch.

Authentic Texas chili con carne with cubed beef (no beans), simmered in a paste of rehydrated ancho and pequin chiles. Slow-simmered for 90 minutes of deep, smoky heat.

Tea-soaked prunes stuffed with a brandy and orange zest filling, glazed in sugar syrup. An elegant French-style confection for your petit four tray.

A traditional English fruit loaf where dried fruit soaks overnight in hot tea, then bakes low and slow with self-rising flour, mixed spice, nutmeg, and marmalade. No butter needed. Keeps brilliantly.

French prune and almond tart with tea-soaked prunes nestled beneath a silky frangipane filling of ground almonds, egg, sugar, cream, and a splash of eau-de-vie. Finished with powdered sugar.

Peanut refrigerator cake layers coffee-dipped tea biscuits with peanut butter frosting and cocoa, then chills overnight. No baking required. The biscuits soften into moist, cake-like layers.

Minted pears with honey walnuts poaches whole baby pears in honey-sweetened mint tea, then crowns them with caramelized walnuts. Elegant fruit dessert that works hot or chilled.

Susan's apple cake is a one-bowl dump-and-bake with three whole apples, toasted walnuts, and a full tablespoon of cinnamon. The kind of homey loaf that improves the second day.

Classic old-fashioned fruit punch with cold tea, fresh-squeezed orange and lemon juice, ginger ale, and soda water. Garnished with orange slices and fresh mint. Makes 40 cups for a crowd.

Upside-down apple gingerbread with sliced apples in brown sugar on the bottom, topped with a spiced molasses cake made with hot tea. A warm fall dessert inverted onto a plate.

Lobster smoked over black lychee tea, brown sugar, and rice, then wrapped in rice paper with ripe mango, jicama, fresh herbs, and bean thread noodles. A spicy mango-sambal dipping sauce ties it all together.

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