Spicy Popcorn with Piment D’Espelette and Marcona Almonds

Name: Spicy Popcorn with Piment D’Espelette and Marcona Almonds
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 177 milliliters whole roasted Marcona almonds; 1 teaspoon piment dEspelette or Hungarian hot paprika, divided; 59 milliliters peanut oil; 118 milliliters popcorn kernels; 1 teaspoon salt, divided; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) unsalted butter

The recipe Spicy Popcorn with Piment D’Espelette and Marconan Almonds is ready in about 45 minutes and is definitely an excellent gluten free and vegetarian option for lovers of American food. This hor d'oeuvre has 251 calories, 4g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. If you have popcorn kernels, salt, peanut oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Mix 1/2 teaspoon piment d'Espelette and1/2 teaspoon salt in small bowl and reserve.

Ingredients you will need

Allspice

Salt

Equipment you will use

Bowl

Melt butter in small saucepan overmedium heat.

Ingredients you will need

Butter

Equipment you will use

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; stir inremaining 1/2 teaspoon piment d’Espeletteand 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Ingredients you will need

Allspice

Salt

Combine popcorn kernels and peanutoil in large deep pot with lid.

Ingredients you will need

Popcorn Kernels

Equipment you will use

Pot

Heat overmedium-high heat, occasionally swirlingpot so that popcorn kernels are coatedwith oil. Cover pot. When popcorn kernelsstart popping, rotate pot over burner untilall kernels have popped.

Ingredients you will need

Popcorn Kernels

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Pot

Remove popcornfrom heat. Immediately add meltedbutter mixture and Marcona almonds topot. Cover pot. Using oven mitts, firmlyhold pot and lid together and shakeuntil popcorn and Marcona almonds arewell coated with melted butter mixture.

Ingredients you will need

Marcona Almonds

Popcorn

Butter

Equipment you will use

Oven Mitt

Pot

Transfer popcorn mixture to serving bowl.

Ingredients you will need

Popcorn

Equipment you will use

Bowl

Sprinkle with reserved piment d'Espelette-saltmixture and serve.

Ingredients you will need

Allspice

* Tender Spanish almonds that are usuallysold roasted and salted; available at somesupermarkets and at specialty foods storesand natural foods stores and online fromlatienda.com.

Ingredients you will need

Almonds

Piment d’Espeletteis a coarse chili powder made from the

Ingredients you will need

Chili Powder

Allspice

Espelette pepper. It's available at specialtyfoods stores and from zingermans.com.

Ingredients you will need

Pepper

Bon Appétit

Equipment

Ingredients

Servings:

177milliliters

whole roasted Marcona almonds 1teaspoon

piment d'Espelette or Hungarian hot paprika, divided 59milliliters

peanut oil 118milliliters

popcorn kernels 1teaspoon

salt, divided 6Tbsps

(3/4 stick) unsalted butter

Recommended wine: Sparkling Rose, Sparkling Wine

Sparkling rosé and Sparkling Wine are my top picks for Popcorn. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Santa Margherita Sparkling rosé ( half-bottle) with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 20 dollars per bottle.