Downright fruity. That’s what my chilli plants are. It seems that every few days I have another big clump all red and ripe and delectable. I use a lot in day to day cooking but I reached a point of excess today so I decided to make a chilli sauce.
Because I totally live on the wild side, I left the seeds in. Which has the advantage of less chilli handling and consequently less danger of accidentally burning your eyes out with an inadvertent swipe of a contaminated finger. On the flip side, it does increase the risk of permanent damage to the oral cavity, not to mention risk of a painful episode in the smallest room the following morning. The choice is yours.
Chilli Sauce
makes about 2 cups
40g trimmed chillis
1 onion, peeled and quartered
1 apple, cored and quartered
1 cup white vinegar
1 cup moscovado
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons mustard powder
1 tablespoon cumin
Chop finely in food processor or thermomix (10 seconds on speed 8).
Scrape down sides
Either simmer in saucepan on stove top for 20 minutes or cook in thermomix for 25 minutes at 100 degrees on seed 2.
Pour into sterilised jars and seal.
Reminds me of an episode I had a couple months ago where I chopped up about a pound of jalapenos without using gloves. I wasn’t worried about maybe touching my eyes afterward and getting burned in that way, so it didn’t seem like a big deal. Well, about 15-20 minutes later my left hand was on fire! I couldn’t go for more than a few seconds at a time without running it under cold water. Ouch. But then I tried what I’ve seen the guys I work with do when they get burned, and put yellow mustard on it. Yep, my whole entire hand, slathered in mustard. And it worked quite well, too! They said tomato juice works too. I think it’s the vinegar in it. (At least, that was the claim in Fight Club.) Learned my lesson on that one!
Oh dear John. There’s a lesson learnt in a bad way. I’m glad you came up with a good antidote, must keep that one in mind myself!
I have no idea what moscovado is, butI like anything I can add cumin to. =)
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It’s basically unrefined sugar. Not addictive and not drained of any vaguely healthy enzymes like sugar is. You can just use sugar if you like 😀