We return to yet another villan whos apearence is not only serial but the story behind this particular character has a backstory that is quite a mystery. Her fannon story and peronality has not only created a folowing of fans, but she reapeared in many other mediums of the Brony Renaissance. She appeared in comic books, writen in many fanfiction stories, music was inspired by her, and so much more. Allow me to introduce Queen Chryslis (AKA The Changleing Queen).
Chrysalis only one time appearence (so far) in the show was "revealed" in the second half of the season 2 finale "A Canterlot Wedding." When I said "revealed" is because she was disguised as a princess to feed off the love of Shining Armor (Twilights Brother) and take control of Canterlot. She disguised herself as Princess Cadence Mi Amore, the bride and Twilights childhood freind, to bring an invation of an alian race (known as the Changlings) to take over all of Equestria. Although her plans were spoiled by the very treasure she desperatly speaks. by using the true love of the real Princess Cadence and Shining Armor, Queen Chrysalis was banished from the kingdom and never been heard from since. (Im know I might be spoiling a lot for Bronies who have not seen the episode, but this was the only way I can truly reveal the character.)
Although since then, the fandom has created a new following of My Little Pony Villains. She became a symbol of villany, darkness and seduction in many fanfiction and animation alike. Her personality was not really revealed in the episode but over the past year, the fandom gave her a "fannon" personality.
If your not familuar with the term "fannon", it is term for which a character is built based on the observations and perceptions of the fan base. Some examples might include background characters or some "one-time only" characters apearences of a show or movie. They would take the character and create back stories to build up an in-depth look into a character that was not noticeable before. It sounds a little unusual but it has been part of many fandoms, brony or before the whole trend got started.
As for the inspiration to create the dish, I got the idea from when I was in the grocery store. I found theses new tomatoes known "Kumotos" or special brown tomatoes.
Now at first, I was a little confused to what this new fruit came from and I thought it was some sort of sceam to sell rotten tomatoes to the public. But then, after some research, it turns out that these tomatoes were orginally grown in Mexico and the soil gave these tomatoes the unusual brown color while still retaining that pure tomato flavor. That gave me the idea to give the character, who is dark on the outside but still the same character no matter which form she is. With the alternating flavors of kumoto, white mozzorella, and green basil leaves, the bitterness of the garlic balsamic vinigerette still reaveal her dark and envious behavior. So now, I would like to present the one and only Queen Chrysalis Caprice.
Queen Chrysalis Caprese
Serves 2
Salad
3 "Kumato" brown tomatoes, sliced into rounds
3 Basil Leaves
5 Slices of Fresh Mozzarella, moist, cut into small rectangles
Dressing
1 Tsp or Spicy Brown Mustard
1/4 cup of garlic infused balsamic vinigir
1/4 cup of extra virgin oilive oil
1. To create the dressing, take a small bowl and combine the mustard and vinegar in the same bowl. (If you dont have any garlic infused balsamic vinegar, you can substitute it with regular balsamic vinegar and 1 clove of minced garlic.)
2. Add the oil to the bowl by pouring the oil slowly and wisking the mixture at the same time. Keep on whisking until the emultion is incorporated.
3. Start assembling the salad by folowing the pattern Tomato, mozzarella,tomato until you are done plating. Add the Basil leaves to garnish.
4. Take the dressing and dress the salad as you wish. Serve.
How to eat: You can take the tomato and mozzarella and wrap it around a basil leave to experience all the flavors at once. You can also take each piece and eat individual piece of the salad to experience each flavor one at a time.
This is more of a dinner part peice then a casual meet up dish. Although, you can make a giant party platter by simply multiplying the recipie and decorating the platter. Its the perfect dish to impress your brony or non-brony freinds and easy to make as a last minute appetizer. Feel free to tweet me a picture of the party platter @chefkyro or by #bronychefproject. I would really like to see the results.
The artwork provied for this post is by http://shiv3ry.deviantart.com/ . She is from Poland and she enjoys makeing beautiful art work such as this. So feel free to check out her gallery and give her kudos for the artwork.
I really enjoyed making this dish and finding more about this villianess of endless possibility. Not only can she change her own appearance but everyday. I found out more and more about her through the fans. I could go on and on about her, but I think the best way to explain her is to experience it yourself. Look up Queen Chrysalis and discover another world behind her dark yet mysterious world. I would like to finish off this post with the animated opera masterpiece of Chrysalis and Candance in "This Day Aria." Thanks for reading and Arrivederci.
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