Fall-n-Fire Wontons
By: Tropical Foods
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 12:44pm

Ingredients




WONTONS
2 Cups Tropical Foods Mexicali Fire®
¼ cup Tropical Foods Mexicali Fire®, garnish
1 lb. grass fed beef
1 package wonton wrappers
½ tsp. oil
1 tbsp. butter, unsalted
1 onion, diced
1 red pepper, diced
1 ½ cups Mexican blend cheese, shredded
8 tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. red pepper flakes
½ cup sour cream
1 bunch chives
Salt and pepper to taste
SWEET POTATO PUREE
3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tbsp. butter, unsalted
6 tbsp. ground nutmeg
8 tbsp. ground cinnamon
½ to 1 cup heavy cream

Preparation

1 Sauté onions and peppers in 1 tbsp. butter with the oil, until they start to get soft. Add the ground beef and cook until meat is done. Drain off grease if needed.  In a bowl, mix the meat with chili powder and pepper flakes; mix until blended. Add the 2 cups Mexicali Fire® mix; salt and pepper to taste and add shredded cheese. Place two wonton wrappers into a lightly greased muffin pan (12 cup pan); push the wontons into the cups and fill with the Mexicali Fire® mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from pan and garnish with cheese, sour cream, chives, and the ½ cup of Mexicali Fire®. Place on top of the sweet potato puree to serve. 2 SWEET POTATO PUREE 3 Boil or steam the sweet potatoes until soft. Drain potatoes; add butter and puree with stick blender. Add cream, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Mix until smooth. Adjust seasoning and add to plate.

About

On October 9th, 2012, Tropical Foods had its Flavors of the Fall Recipe Contest with the culinary students at the Charlotte Campus of Johnson & Wales University.  This recipe, Fall-n-Fire Wontons, was the 1st runner-up, created by Elizabeth Vestal.

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Johnson & Wales Student Elizabeth Vestal cooked to
TROPICAL FOODS FLAVORS OF FALL 1st RUNNER-UP
with her Fall-n-Fire Wontons recipe.