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Ingredients

Method

  • STEP 1

    If you’d like to create a smoky flavour for your hot sauce and you have good ventilation at home, turn on your extraction fan and heat a dry frying pan over a medium-high heat. Once very hot, tip in the shallots and the chillies. Shuffle the pan occasionally, cooking until lightly charred all over, 6-8 mins. Set aside on a plate to cool and reserve the pan (don’t wash it).

  • STEP 2

    Tip the remaining ingredients into a blender and add the cooled charred chillies and shallots. Blend until smooth, then pour the mixture back into the frying pan.

  • STEP 3

    Bring to a gentle simmer and leave to cook for 15-20 mins, until the flavours have infused. Season with 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp finely ground black pepper, adding more of each if you like. Pour in 100-150ml boiling water from the kettle to create your preferred consistency. Leave until completely cool before pouring into sterilised bottles (see tip, below). Will keep in a cool, dark place for three months. Once opened, store in the fridge for up to a month.

Recipe tip

How to sterilise bottles
Wash the bottles with hot soapy water, then put on a clean wire rack set over a baking tray. Heat the oven to 140C/120C fan/gas 1 and put the rack and bottles in the oven for 15-20 mins, until completely dry.

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