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BBQ Pork with Corn Bread/Ketchup Sauce

Corn Bread:
3C cornmeal
1-1/2 C masa
1/2 C sugar
1 T salt
1 tsp baking soda
2-1/2 C buttermilk
4 oz. melted butter
4 eggs
1 yolk

Combine all of the dry ingredients. Combine all of the wet ingredients. Combine both mixtures and pour into a greased pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Ketchup:

5 tomatoes, quartered
5 sprigs of thyme
5 cloves garlic, crushed
T onion powder
T Olive oil
T garlic powder
Sugar to taste
Salt to taste
White wine vinegar
Water

Toss olive oil, tomatoes, thyme and garlic in a bowl. Lay out on a rack and pan separating the tomatoes. Roast at 300 degrees in a still oven for about 3 hours. Tomatoes should have a tartness and soft and dry to the touch.

Finished Sauce: Fill blender with 8oz. water. Combine tomatoes and powders. Add sugar, salt, white wine vinegar to achieve that sweet and tart ketchup flavor. Take your cooled corn bread and start adding small chunks to the mixture to thicken. Sauce should taste like ketchup on a piece of cornbread.

Briquette (bread):
Brioche loaf, crusted and cut into 1-1/2 in. cubes
1 cup water
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup of your favorite mustard
1/2 cup cuttlefish ink
Oil

Combine everything except the bread in an open container. Quickly dip the bread into your black liquid and set on a drying rack. After one hour toss the cubes into 350degree oil. You will want to use a spider to keep the briquettes submerged in the oil so they fry evenly. The ideal briquette is crispy on the outside with a warm soft bread on the inside, about 2 minutes.

Brisket (in lieu of pork):
One beef brisket whole, with only the excessive fat trimmed

Rub:
1 lb sugar
1 lb brown sugar
1 lb salt
1 cup toasted cumin
1 cup cayenne powder
1 cup smoked paprika
1 cup chili powder
1 cup hickory smoke powder
1 lb warmed buttter

Hickory and mesquite wood chips
Meat injector

Take 1/3 your mixed rub and combine it with your butter. Inject brisket with butter in as many different places as you can. Cover the brisket liberally with the rub and cool. Smoke the brisket at 200 degrees for about 13 hours.

Alien Crash Course Dessert

Alien Candies:
8 oz. isomalt
2 oz. midori
Silicone alien mold

Combine isomalt and midori over high heat, constantly stirring. Use a candy thermometer and remove from heat when the liquid has reached 300 degrees. Pour into molds.

Chocolate & Peanut Soil: 1 part peanut crumb, 3 parts chocolate cake crumb & chiffonade of mint

Peanut Crumb:
1 cup peanuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup salt
2 cups water

Boil peanuts in water, salt and sugar until tender. Drain the liquid from the peanuts and put on a cookie sheet. Roast in the oven at 275 degrees stirring every 10 minutes until peanuts are dry-roasted. Chop them to achieve the correct soil consistency.

Chocolate Cake Crumb:
Go to the store, pick up a Better Crocker Chocolate cake box and follow the directions. Seriously, Betty makes a great cake! Also, we will be drying this cake out so there is no sense in using expensive ingredients if they are just going to dry out. Take a small portion of the cake crumble it up, and set it aside to dry. Take the rest of they cake, put on the frosting and eat it. I told you Betty mad a good cake. It will feel like dry soil when ready. You may need to chop a bit further to reach soil look.

Chocolate Ice Cream:
450g milk chocolate
50g cocoa butter
1 liter half and half

Bring dairy to a simmer and pour over chocolate and cocoa butter. Stir until blended thoroughly. (In place of liquid nitrogen) Use an ice cream maker or an ice cream attachment for a Kitchenaid to spin your ice cream.

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I will probably try his Pizza Soup, but with much less red pepper flakes. I notice that many of these recipes call for a large amounts of red pepper flakes (or other types of heat), and I usually cut the recommended amount way, way down. Many people cannot tolerate lots of heat in a dish, and common sense would dictate that you make any dish so all of your guests can enjoy it. Those who prefer more heat can always add more for their individual taste.

Aside from the Pizza Soup, the other recipes are too over the top.