Dried Apricot Chipotle Sandwich Spread Recipes

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• In a small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain., Spread two toast slices with jam. Layer with turkey, bacon, tomato, onion, lettuce and cheese. Spread remaining toast with mustard; place on top.

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• In food processor, place cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, onion powder and mustard. Cover; process, scraping side of bowl if necessary, until well mixed. Add pecans. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses 2 or 3 times until mixed.
• Using parchment paper, cut out a star shape 7 inches in diameter. Spoon the cheese spread evenly onto the shape, using a table knife to shape the star. Turn onto a serving plate; remove the parchment paper.
• In small bowl, mix preserves, gingerroot and chiles. Spoon over cheese star. Serve with crackers.

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• Place apricots in small saucepan and add water just to cover. Bring to full boil and immediately remove from heat. Mix in capers, mustard and olive oil. Pulse in blender to chunky consistency; set aside.
• Spread one side of each bread slice evenly (to the edges) with 1/2 tablespoon butter. With buttered sides down, top four slices with 2 tablespoons of apricot mixture, handful of arugula and equal portions of cheese. Top with remaining slices, buttered side up.
• Place large skillet over high heat, and melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Reduce heat to low and add sandwiches. Cook until browned and crisp on both sides, about 2 minutes a side. Transfer to a platter lined with paper towels, and sprinkle each with a pinch of fleur de sel. Cut in half and serve.

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• Mash together all of the ingredients with a fork in a medium bowl. Grill hamburgers until almost done. Evenly divide the cheese mixture and top each patty. Allow to cook 1-2 minutes or until just beginning to melt. Serve on hamburger rolls.

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• Combine all ingredients in a food processor and puree until they have reached a desired consistency.
• Notes: Depending on your tastes, you may remove the seeds from the chipotle peppers. One serving is approximately two tablespoons.

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• Spray metal blade of processor with nonstick spray. Add dried cranberries to processor and coarsely chop. Add nonfat cream cheese, goat cheese, nonfat yogurt and 2 teaspoons honey; process until well blended. Taste and add 1 teaspoon honey, if desired. Transfer spread to bowl. (Can be prepared 3 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

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• In a small bowl, combine the first 11 ingredients. Spread over two slices of bread; top with lettuce, tomato, onion and remaining bread.

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• Combine chicken, apricots and onions in large bowl.
• Mix remaining ingredients except naan until blended. Add to chicken mixture; mix lightly. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Spoon chicken salad onto 1 side of each naan; fold in half.

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• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs. In another bowl, combine flour and walnuts; gradually beat into creamed mixture. , Shape into 1-1/2-in.-thick logs. Cut crosswise into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until bottoms begin to brown, 10-12 minutes. Cool completely on pans on wire racks., Meanwhile, for filling, combine apricots and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir until apricots are tender, about 10 minutes. Drain; cool to room temperature. Pulse 1/4 cup granulated sugar, cinnamon and apricots in a blender or food processor until smooth. Spread over bottoms of half of the cookies; cover with remaining cookies. , For topping, melt chocolate chips and shortening in a microwave; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

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• Wash your jars and lids and heat your water.
• Place tomatoes, chipotles and it sauce, and habanaro in a food processor and pulse to puree to a small chunky texture; process in batches and adding to the pot as sauce is pureed.
• Add the sugar and vinegar bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until tomatoes have completely broken down and are soft.
• Use the immersion blender to desired smoothness.
• Stirring occasionally, for 2-4 hours or until thick. The tomato mixture will be reduced by at least half to two thirds the amount you started with. Stirring often towards the end of cooking. You`ll want it nice and thick.
• Cooking times depends on how much water is in the tomatoes. Cutting the recipe in half will reduce cooking time as doubling the recipes will have longer cooking times.
• Taste towards the end of cooking and season with salt if desired and if more heat is wanted add more pureed chipotles in adobo sauce.
• Place hot spread in hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Cover with hot sterilized lids and rings. Process jars in a hot water bath covered by 1-2 inches of water for 10 minutes. Remove to counter and allow the jars to cool over night, remove rings, wipe jars and label before storing in a cool, dry, dark place.
• If you don't process in a water bath, the spread can be kept refrigerated for up to three weeks or frozen for up to one year.
• Optional cooking methods:.
• Slow Cooker: Place tomato mixture in a slow cooker with lid partially off to let steam escape. Set at low and cook, stirring occasionally, for 12 hours or overnight, or until thick. The tomato mixture will be reduced by at least half - two thirds the amount you started with. Stirring often towards the end of cooking.
• Oven: Heat oven to 250 degrees. Place tomato mixture in a heatproof casserole dish or roaster. Bake, stirring occasionally, for 3-6 hours until very thick. The tomato mixture will be reduced by at least half - two thirds the amount you started with. Stirring often towards the end of cooking.

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• Stir together the dried apricots, hot water, & lime juice. Let soak a full 15 minutes. Drain. Pat the apricots dry & chop finely.
• Stir in mayo, chipotle pepper, adobo sauce, & green onion.
• Cover & chill until time to serve.
• Note The original recipe had this fairly chunky in texture. The next day I ended up whizzing everything in a mini chopper to make a fairly smooth spread to use on a turkey, swiss, & bacon wrap.

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• Spread cream cheese onto bottom of pie plate.
• Cook preserves, peppers and water in saucepan on medium-low heat 5 min. or until preserves are melted, stirring occasionally. Stir in onions; spread over cream cheese.
• Serve with crackers.