Posts Tagged ‘chilli sauce’

Lake of Fire: Attempt #3 – Scotch Bonnet Scorcher

This one has nearly all gone. The heat level is pretty good (although maybe a little under) and the flavour’s not bad. The Scotch Bonnets are brutal, but I think I used too few in the mixture. It’s the best attempt yet though. 6 red scotch bonnets 6 jalapeños (3 red, 3 green) 1 large [...]

Lake of Fire: Attempt #2 – Sour green Jalapeño and finger chilli mush

I’ve been grazing on this baby for a few weeks now. It’s not my favourite sauce, but it does the job and I made quite a lot of it. Part of the driving force behind any given concoction is the availability of chilli in any given variety. My visit to Sainsbury’s yielded green jalapeños and [...]

Lake of Fire: Attempt #1 – Mystery Red Jalapeño and Mango (medium)

My first attempt at constructing chilli sauce was prompted by the discovery that Tesco were selling big bags of medium sized “red chillis” for less than a quid. I later discovered that these were red (or fully ripe) Jalapeños (well, I’m 87% sure that’s what they are). I read about some other possible ingredients on [...]

Lake of Fire – a toe dip into the underworld of chilli sauce

A man can get quite obsessed by chillis. Where once he was cast into a nervous sweat by a chipshop curry sauce, he now considers whether it’s truly acceptable to  sprinkle chilli flakes on breakfast cereal. Where once, chilli ice cream seemed to be an oxymoron, now Mr. Whippy seems a little bland. Once you’ve [...]