Recipes: Spanish Inspired Snacky Goodness…

// April 13th, 2009 // Recipes

Hello, my name is Joel Brown and I have a snacking problem. I like to snack. I like to snack on crunchy, salty, munch-able things. I LOVE popcorn. I was recently watching a special on Spain while trying to go to bed when I got a craving for Tapas. I could also smell my neighbor’s next-door making popcorn, so I started craving popcorn too. As you can imagine, one thing led to another, and the recipe below is the brainchild of two cravings at once.

The popcorn variety used in this recipe can be purchased here and the Spanish Smoked Paprika I use can be purchased here. It is totally worth buying for MANY other recipes. Seriously, TRY THIS. You will thank me.

Take off your Tapas Lady Popcorn

Food Geek Note: This recipe could be made with microwave popcorn , but for my sake and yours pop the damn popcorn in a pot like grandma used to do…

Ingredients

3 tablespoons fat (peanut oil, olive oil, butter, duck fat, lard)
1/4 teaspoon popcorn salt (unflavored)
1/4 cup Lady Finger Popcorn
1 1/2 tablespoons Smoked Spanish Paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Preparation

Place a large, heavy-bottom pot (or other vessel suited for popcorn popping) on the stove, and turn the burner on high heat. Make sure to have a lid for your pot or else you’ll be picking popcorn off the floor, or worse, for weeks. Add oil, popcorn, and salt and cover and shake over the flame. Once the popcorn has completed popping, remove from the heat, add the remaining spices , cover again, and shake to coat. Let the popcorn sit about 2 minutes to allow the flavors to permiate the popcorn. ENJOY!

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