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Feb 19, 2009 12:49 pm US/Central

Mount Tabasco Chocolate Lava Cake

Recipe by Tracy Moore of the Minneapolis Fire Department

2009 Winner of the National Tabasco Cook & Ladder Competition

(WCCO)

Ingredients

• 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate squares
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 1 Tbsp. Tabasco brand Habanera Sauce
• 4 Tbsp. unbleached wheat flour
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 3 Tbsp. confectioners' sugar

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Chop chocolate squares and butter into small cubes; melt in a double boiler, stirring constantly until melted. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Grease 8 (4-oz.) ramekins (or a muffin tin, if that is all you have at the station).

In a bowl whisk together 4 eggs and sugar.

Add Tabasco Habanera Sauce to chocolate sauce mixture. Stir chocolate-Tabasco mixture into egg mixture; add flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and pinch of salt. Stir until blended.

Refrigerate and prepare the jalapeño pepper garnish (details below).

When finished with garnish, pour lava cake batter into ramekins or muffin tins, filling 3/4 of the way. Bake for 13-15 minutes. (The top should be soft in the middle and cake-like on rim.)

Sprinkle the top with sifted confectioner's sugar, top with jalapeño pepper and serve immediately.

Makes eight individual lava cakes.

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JALAPEÑO PEPPER GARNISH

Ingredients

• 8 red jalapeño peppers
• 1 c. vinegar
• 11/2 c. water (divided)
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 cloves
• 1 tsp. ground cardamom
• 1 c. sugar

Directions

Slice jalapeño peppers with knife to make an opening, keeping pepper intact. Scrape out seeds and white seams.

Heat an 800-milliliter glass jar in boiling water until warm. Place jalapeño peppers in jar and close jar.

Boil vinegar and a half-cup of water in medium saucepan; add cinnamon sticks, cloves and cardamom. Remove jar from pan; pour mixture into jar and re-seal jar; set aside for 15 minutes.

Mix one cup of water and sugar in a pan; bring to slow boil. Dip each pickled jalapeño pepper in sugar water; place jalapeño pepper on cake.

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© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.