Red pepper and chilli jam is the sweet, sour and spicy condiment that you didn’t think you needed until you try it – then you’ll start having it with everything! My recipe is based on a delicious version I originally ate at the now-defunct Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain. I think it’s the best chilli jam …
If you enjoy flavouring mayonnaise like me, then this nduja mayo recipe might become your new obsession for the next few months. Nduja is a chilli-sausage paste that comes specifically from Calabria, Southern Italy. It is complex, with sweet spicy and sour notes. This simple nduja mayo recipe brings out the incredible flavours of the …
Sambals, or Indonesian chilli sauces, are central to Indonesian cuisine. There are literally hundreds of types, and I would say sambal terasi (or Indonesian shrimp paste sambal) is the most ubiquitous of all. Shallots, garlic, tomatoes, salt, sugar and plenty of chillies are fried and ground together with terasi (Indonesian shrimp paste) to make a …
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Indonesia is the home of sambal – a large and diverse family of chilli-based sauces and relishes. One of the most unusual (and my favourite) is sambal matah – a raw sambal originating from the island of Bali. A simple hand-squeezed mixture of raw shallots, salt, oil, hot chillies and kaffir lime leaves, sambal matah …
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