
Preview | Warming Up to Hot Peppers
Preview: 11/11/2024 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Host Sheri Castle brings the heat with delicious recipes for hot peppers.
Sheri Castle spices up your next potluck with recipes for a candied jalapeño cheese ball and a warm stew of roasted green chile, chicken and white beans. She also shares a tip for roasting peppers right in your kitchen. Sheri visits Moore’s Produce in rural NC to see what it takes to grow hot peppers in the South, then cooks along with Emmy Award-winning documentarian and author Von Diaz.
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Preview | Warming Up to Hot Peppers
Preview: 11/11/2024 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Sheri Castle spices up your next potluck with recipes for a candied jalapeño cheese ball and a warm stew of roasted green chile, chicken and white beans. She also shares a tip for roasting peppers right in your kitchen. Sheri visits Moore’s Produce in rural NC to see what it takes to grow hot peppers in the South, then cooks along with Emmy Award-winning documentarian and author Von Diaz.
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- [Sheri] Next time on "The Key Ingredient", we're spicing things up with hot peppers.
From a gentle kick to flaming hot, there's a pepper for every taste bud.
Join us as we visit a family-run farm.
Then, I'll head into the kitchen and don't miss a journey through world-renowned island flavors with my good friend, Von Diaz.
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Candied Jalapeño Cheese Ball | Kitchen Recipe
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Sheri Castle creates a candied jalapeño cheese ball that serves as a lovely party centerpiece. (6m 6s)
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Sheri visits Moore’s Produce, where she witnesses more than eighty varieties of hot peppers. (3m 54s)
Gato Pima with Spiced Yogurt Sauce and Pikliz | Cook Along with Von Diaz
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Sheri cooks along with Von Diaz, an Emmy Award-winning documentarian, food historian and author. (7m 38s)
Roasted Green Chile, Chicken & White Bean Stew | Kitchen Recipe
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Sheri shares her recipe for a warm stew of roasted green chile, chicken and white beans. (5m 27s)
Sheri Says: How to Roast Peppers
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Host Sheri Castle reveals her technique for roasting peppers right in the kitchen. (1m 42s)
The Key Ingredient is presented by your local public television station.