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Playoff Pizza with Tabasco-infused Herbed Olive Oil

  • 1 16-oz bottle good-quality extra-virgin olive oil
  • 5 garlic cloves, slightly crushed
  • 1 tsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • 1 orange peel, finely zested
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme or rosemary
  • 1 tbsp whole black peppercorns

 
Pour out 2 ounces of oil, then add garlic, Tabasco® , zest, herbs and peppercorns. Keep refrigerated and serve within 2 weeks. Simply drizzle over your favourite pizza or use with bread, vegetables, pasta, meat, poultry, or anything else that needs to go from Bland to Bold.

 

Kick-Off Guacamole

  • 2 ripe avocados (ripe = indents easily with the firm press of a finger)
  • 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ½ tsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • 2 green onions, finely sliced
  • ¼ c finely chopped cilantro leaves (optional)
Cut the avocados in half lengthwise, discard pit and skin. Add all the ingredients to a bowl. Blend with a fork until the mixture is just slightly lumpy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serves 6.

Serve with nacho chips, oven-crisped tortillas or raw vegetables.


Slo-Mo Nachos with Bob's Tabasco-infused Crema Drizzle

Prepare your favourite nacho platter using STAGG® Chili.

Bob’s Infused Drizzle

  • 1 c Mexican crema or sour cream
  • 1 tsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • 1 lime, finely zested

In a medium bowl add crema or sour cream, Tabasco® and lime zest. Whisk together, then transfer to a squeeze bottle or a sandwich-sized re-sealable plastic bag. After filling bag, clip 1/8-inch from one corner and squeeze through the hole over nachos.

 

Right Wings with Tabasco-spiked Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

  • 2 tsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • ½ c cream cheese, at room temperature
  • ½ c sour cream
  • ¾ c your favourite blue cheese
    (Roquefort, Stilton, Cabralas…)
  • 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Prepare your favourite wings.
In a food processor or a bowl, blend Tabasco®, cream cheese, sour cream, blue cheese and lemon juice. Adjust to taste with salt and pepper.

 

Tabasco Slam DunkTabasco-rimmed Slam Dunk

  • 1 tbsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp celery salt

Place Tabasco® with lime juice and
celery salt in individual saucers.
Turn glass upside down and
dip rim in Tabasco® lime mixture.
Then dip in celery salt to coat rim.

Fill with your favourite Bloody Caesar recipe.

 

Big Game Caesar Salad with Bob’s Tabasco and Lime Marinated Shrimp

BOB’S TABASCO®-LIME MARINATED SHRIMP

  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 to 2 tsp Tabasco® Sauce
  • 1/2 lb of medium-sized uncooked shrimp,
    peeled and deveined

Into a medium-sized re-sealable bag, add lime juice, olive oil and Tabasco®.
Add shrimp and seal bag. Shake and let marinate in refrigerator for
2 hours. Just before serving pan-sear or grill shrimp until cooked
through (1 - 2 minutes per side).

BIG GAME CAESAR SALAD

  • 1 head of romaine lettuce
  • 1 ET TU Caesar salad kit
    (kit includes ready to serve dressing, croutons and Parmesan cheese)

Follow ET TU Caesar kit 3-step instructions.

To serve, place shrimp on top of salad.
Serves 4 to 6.

ET-TU Salad Preparations

Bob’s Big Game Flare


Top Chili with any or all of the following:
Sharp cheddar, grated Spring onions, finely sliced Cilantro, stemmed and chopped
Avocado.

STAGG Chili

 

 


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