Vincent Amiel - Tricky Treats: Halloween Delights for Appetizers, Snacks, Dinner, and Dessert!

Copyright 2020 by Vincent Amiel Published originally under the title La cuisine d Halloween, jadore 2018 Editions Solar, an Imprint of Edi8, Paris English translation copyright: 2020 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications.

For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or . Skyhorse and Skyhorse Publishing are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design by Kai Texel Cover artwork by Julia Philipps Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-6237-4 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-6238-1 Printed in China Authors Note I love Halloween ! Today, its best known for costumes and trick-or-treating, but Halloween actually started as a Celtic pagan holiday called Samhain. During this ancient festival, people would light bonfires to keep evil spirits away.

Those fires have been replaced by lanterns made out of pumpkins decorated with the faces of spirits wed like to ward offwe call them jack-olanterns. In Europe, these lanterns were originally made from turnips instead of pumpkins. In the eighth century, the Catholic Church decided to turn the festival into a Christian celebration by creating the All Saints Day holiday on November 1. Then, in the ninth century, the church added All Souls Day on November 2 to commemorate the dead. Many countries prepare special dishes to mark this holiday, including pan dei morti in Lombardy, Italy and calaveras in Mexico. The phenomenon landed in the United States in the nineteenth century with the arrival of Irish and Scottish immigrants, and by the early twentieth century Halloween was widely celebrated.

The word Halloween is an alteration of the phrase All Hallows Eve, the name given to the night before All Saints Day. Hallow is an archaic form of the word holy, and even was an Old English word that later became evening. The Halloween spelling is still sometimes used in Canada and the United Kingdom; een is a contraction of even and became een in the American spelling. Halloween was originally a holiday celebrated only in English-speaking countries, but it now has no language or borders. It is a horrifying holiday full of magic, madness, witches, ghosts, and other monsters, and it would be wrong not to enjoy a celebration that is so much fun for young and old alike. To mark the occasion this Halloween, tell the legend of the jack-o-lantern, a ghost story that will send chills down little ones backs! This book contains recipes that are absolutely terrifying and easy to make, and will teach you the basics so you can create your own spooky, sweet, and savory dishes! Vincent Amiel Who Am I? After years as a chef de partie in restaurants like the Brasserie Thoumieux and La Mditerrane, I started working as a food stylist assistant.

Today I work in cookbook creation and production and collaborate with the magazines Saveurs and Slowly Veggie . Contents

Emma CakeCups GOLDEN RECIPE Witch Hat Cupcakes MAKES 12 CUPCAKES Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 15 minutes Refrigeration: 1 hour 10 minutes For the chocolate cupcakes oz (125 g) granulated sugar oz (125 g) softened butter oz (100 g) melted chocolate 3 oz (85 g) flour 2 eggs 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp baking powder For the orange buttercream 7 oz (200 g) softened butter 16 oz (450 g) powdered sugar 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract A few drops of orange or red food coloring For the witch hats 12 mini sugar cones 1 chocolate bar 5 green licorice strings Make the cupcakes. Gently stir together all of the cupcake ingredients until your mixture has a smooth texture. Line a muffin tin with paper cupcake liners then pour in the batter. Bake for 15 minutes at 350F (180C, th. 6).

Prepare the buttercream while the cupcakes are baking. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, mix the softened butter and powdered sugar for around 3 minutes. Add the milk, vanilla, and food coloring, then mix again. Make the witch hats. Melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a water bath. Use a paintbrush to generously coat the outside of the cones with chocolate, then place them pointy side up on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Refrigerate for about 10 minutes, until the chocolate has hardened. On another baking sheet, use a teaspoon to form small circles of melted chocolate about 2 inches wide. Place a cone (pointy side up) in the center of each disc and refrigerate for 1 hour. Use a piping bag to decorate the chocolate cupcakes with the orange buttercream. Place a witch hat on top of each cupcake and tie a piece of green licorice string around each hat to form a ribbon. EMMA Lifestyle YouTuber Emma is a twenty-one-year-old YouTuber (channel: emmacakecup) who is interested in thousands of things.

In 2016, she decided to create a second YouTube channel dedicated to cooking, one of her many passions (channel: emmainthekitchen). With the help of her mom, Emma presents recipes she loves and wants to share with her community. Halloween
BASICS Basic Tools Small knife Whisk Spatula Piping bag Piping nozzles in various shapes and sizes Rolling pin Paintbrush Baking molds in various sizes Basic Tips Decorating with ganache Dont worry about making too much chocolate ganache (see recipe ). To use the ganache in a piping bag, warm it in a water bath or in the microwave beforehand. If you dont have time to do this, you can replace ganache with melted dark chocolate. Just be aware that the texture will not be as soft.

Food coloring Certain recipes call for liquid food coloring. Be careful when you use it and keep a paper towel nearby if you dont want to risk staining your kitchen and clothes. You can also use powdered food coloring: just dilute a tiny pinch of the food coloring in a small amount of water. Adjust the recipes to your tastes This book will show you how to use your ingredients to make a terrifyingly tasty Halloween spread, but its up to you to reinterpret these recipes in your own way. Here are a few examples of ingredient substitutions: Replace the tapenade for the Giant Spider Bread (recipe ) with a sauce of your choice. Replace the juices in the Black Cocktail with Frozen Raspberry Hand (recipe ) with a juice of your choice.