4 smoked salad chili nuts Recipes

unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, asian fish sauce (preferably tiparos brand), chili powder, cayenne, winesap or gala apples (3 to 4), mutsu (also called crispin) or golden delicious apples (3 to 4), slab bacon , any rind discarded, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch lardons (sticks), fresh lime juice, canned lychees (from a 20-oz can), drained and quartered, at warm room temperature, chopped scallions at room temperature

marinated artichoke hearts, rotini pasta, uncooked, roasted red peppers, drained and julienned, smoked mozzarella cheese, cubed (may substitute smoked gouda), baby spinach leaves, chopped green chilies, drained, mayonnaise, grated parmesan cheese, toasted pine nuts, garlic, minced, black pepper

carrots, uncooked beetroots (get the small, young ones, with smooth skin and firm flesh), garlic cloves, finely minced or 1 tsp garlic paste, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, strong dijon mustard, tabasco sauce or chili pepper flakes, to taste, smoked salt or regular sea salt or za atar spice mix, fresh ground black pepper, leafy fresh herb, chopped (cilantro, chervil, flat-leaf parsley) (optional), toasted nuts (almonds, pine nuts, cashews, peanuts) (optional) or seeds (sesame, sunflower seeds) (optional), grated apples (optional) or shallot (optional), any dried herb , spice (and you know there s only 1 way to find out) (optional) or mixed spice, you think might work (and you know there s only 1 way to find out) (optional)