Food Network Assignment Week 6

This week I chose to watch Cooking For Real. She made chili and red velvet cake. A couple of the tips she gave on how to prepare the food was to not over-mix the cake (gluten formation) and to let the chili simmer for an hour at least. The only word that I was unfamiliar with was "slurry". It was some kind of liquid mixture she put together when making the red velvet cake. She didn't pair any ingredients that didn't make sense; however she paired some interesting ingredients. She used cocoa powder in the red velvet cake, and she made the chili with out beans and with cinnamon. She did not really mention the flavor profiles specifically but she mentioned how much heat the jalapenos, chili powder, cayenne pepper, chorizo, and hot sauce adds to the chili. I learned that air must be incorporated into the cake batter in order to produce a fluffier cake. The chili itself looked really good. That is a recipe that could be easily incorporated in class. The chili didn't have beans, but it had chorizo and ground chuck. It was also light on the tomatoes.