I am so excited! Central Market is having it's Hatch Chile Pepper festival starting today!

[patbastrop]

My list is ridiculous! Hatch scones, mango lime hatch pepper sorbet, hatch burgers, hatch meatballs, hatch monterrey jack cheese, hatch sausages, roasted hatch peppers packed for the freezer, hatch brownies!

New this year a hatch pepper rotisserie chicken.

My freezer will groan with delight.

YUM!

 

[florisandy]

Sounds like fun Pat. Make sure you post some of your favorite recipes here

 

[melissa-dallas]

I made sauteed chicken, onions, hatch chiles topped with melted jack tonight

 

[patbastrop]

Grilled hatch burgers tonight -- slathered the bun with hatch poblano pesto, and topped the burger

with jack/hatch cheese. A big slab of beefsteak tomato and a little mustard on the bottom of the bun made the most delicious burger! Toasted a hatch bun, of course.

At CM I had a tiny serving (enough!) of coconut/hatch sorbet. Pretty good, but left me with a pretty hefty kick!

 

[cheezz]

Does the hatch chile really taste different from other chiles? Is it hot?

 

[cheezz]

I just love this picture... you'd think they could take one WITHOUT the dog peeing *g*

http://www.nmchili.com/why_hatch_nm.htm

 

[pat-nocal]

The burger sounds great. Did you make the hatch poblano pesto, Pat?

 

[patbastrop]

It has a distinctive flavor -- they vary from mild to hot.

 

[patbastrop]

No, it was Central Market's prep. And so good. I hope I can deconstruct it!

It is very rich -- maybe a little crema or cream cheese -- both the poblano and hatch flavors come through. Garlic in there, too, and lime juice or zest. So good, and the flavor stands up to the burger. The texture is on the order of a tomato-less guacamole.

 

[patbastrop]

The hatch cheese-chile scones have roasted cumin seeds in them -- flaky and delicious.

 

[pat-nocal]

Mmmm, wish I had one of these for breakfast right now.

 

[cheezz]

If they vary, how do you know how much to use??

 

[patbastrop]

I lick them, of course! :>}

 

[cheezz]

Yup, you must be a REAL Texas gal for sure smileys/smile.gif

 

[patbastrop]

Ya-haw!