The Beetle House Cookbook: Nightmare Recipes

You can get your goth on with more than 60 delicacies from the Beetle House restaurant, where “every day is Halloween” and Tim Burton-inspired dishes are served.

Beetle House, a Halloween-themed restaurant with locations in New York and Los Angeles, has released an official cookbook for fans of spooky films like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and The Evil Dead.

From chef-owner Zach Neil, The Nightmare Before Dinner includes more than 60 spooky and delicious recipes. The Edward Burger Hands is a delicious burger loaded with smoky bacon, a fried egg, pepper jack cheese, and avocado and topped with a Sriracha cream sauce. The Coco Skellington and the Beetle’s Juice are just two of the creepy artisan cocktails you’ll learn how to brew.

As a bonus, The Nightmare Before Dinner includes a vegan substitute or ingredient substitution for every recipe in the book!

Host a gothic-themed party of your own! Table settings, decorations, and food ideas for your holiday or screening party are included in a special portion of the website. The Tim Burton fan, Halloween fanatic, or goth in your life will love this cookbook.

Beetle Jam

Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 20 minutes | Yield: 1 cup (320 g)

Her daughter Zach’s mother, who is one of the most talented chefs in the world, sent this recipe to me. On crackers with cream cheese or on cornbread, this jalepeo pepper jelly is a delicious accompaniment.

Ingredients That Kill

• 2 green bell peppers, minced
• 1 red bell pepper, minced
• 8 ounces (227 g) canned diced jalapeño peppers, drained
• 1 1⁄2 cups distilled white vinegar
• 6 1⁄2 cups (1.3 kg) white sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 container (6 ounces, or 175 ml) liquid pectin

The Butcher’s Stew

(Prep Time: 25 minutes | Cook time: 4 hours | Yield: 12-16 servings)

Deadly Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 2 large red onions, diced
• 2 to 4 pounds (907 g to 1.8 kg) ground beef (see headnote)
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic or garlic paste
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons sriracha sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 large cans (23 ounces, or 660 g each) tomato soup
• 4 cans (14.5 ounces, or 411 g, each) stewed tomatoes
• 15 ounces (13⁄4 cups, or 425 g) canned crushed tomatoes
• 2 cans (15.25 ounces, or 432 g, each) whole-kernel corn, drained
• 2 cans (15 ounces, or 425 g, each) kidney beans
• 2 cans (15 ounces, or 425 g, each) black beans, drained
• Chopped scallion greens, for serving
• Shredded cheddar or vegan cheddar-style cheese, for serving

To Put It Together

Edward Burger Hands

­Deadly Ingredients

• Egg, Sunny-Side Up
• 1⁄2 tablespoon butter
• 1 egg
• Burger
• Pinch of salt and black pepper
• Pinch of garlic powder
• Pinch of ground cinnamon
• 1 burger patty (8 ounces, or 227 g)
• 1 slice Pepper Jack cheese
• 1 burger bun
• 2 strips bacon, fried
• 1 piece romaine lettuce
• 1 slice tomato
• 2 slices avocado
• 2 large pieces roasted red peppers
• Veruca Sauce – See page 20, to taste

Edward Sauce

• 2 cups (460g) sour cream
• 2 cups (450g) mayonaise
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons lime juise
• 1/4 cup (60ml) sriracha sauce
• 1 tablespoon chipotle-cinnamon spice rub, such as Lawry’s

This Is Halloween Cocktail

Yield: 1 serving

Cinnamon, apple, pumpkin, and ginger are all prominent flavors in this drink, which tastes like autumn in your tongue! The perfect drink for your pumpkin-obsessed friends that eat pumpkin spice everything on Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any other night of the week!

Deadly Ingredients

• 11⁄2 ounces (45 ml) Fireball
• Cinnamon Whiskey
• 1⁄2 ounce (15 ml) DeKuyper Sour Apple Pucker
• 1⁄2 ounce (15 ml) pumpkin liqueur
• 1 ounce (30 ml) apple cider
• Ginger beer
• Serving Vessel
• Rocks glass

Garnish

• 1 lime wheel