In the year since I’ve been part of the reviewing team at the ChileFoundry, one of the names that has struck fear into my mouth with his potent products is Ged Fowler. Well known in chilli circles, Ged has brought us some cracking sauces such as Heart Throb and 15 minute burn so when I was sent a bottle of a new addition to the Chilli Pepper Company product range, I was keen to sample what creation he’d come up with this time.
Ingredients: Onion, fresh chilli, vinegar, water, sunflower oil, garlic, herbs, salt
Bottle kindly supplied by The Chilli Pepper Company
It’s quite a thick sauce and flows out of the bottle quite slowly as I try to get some onto my spoon to sample it. The sauce tastes nice and is full of flavour with the onion and garlic flavours balancing nicely. What I find however that makes this sauce distinguishable is the freshness of the taste. It’s strange to get such a quality of taste from a bottled sauce, but I’m almost reminded of the freshness of a Gazpacho (the tomato based Italian vegetable soup) as I try it.
Obviously the chilli peppers & onions used don’t give this the core tomato taste of a Gazpacho but somehow Ged has managed to capture the refreshing qualities of a Gazpacho in a bottled chilli sauce. The labelling doesn’t indicate what chillies have been used in the creation of the sauce so it looks like Ged, in a Colonel Sanders like move, is keeping this secret blend of chilli peppers under wraps. Whatever it is though, it tastes great and is spoon licking good!
I could see this sauce making a perfect accompaniment to many a pasta, tapas or a stir fried prawn dishes.
Whilst for some this sauce this sauce may not deliver the heat they require (there only a low build of warmth to it), it’s definitely worth a try if you like your sauces simple but packed full of flavour.
Available from the Chilli Pepper Company website for £4 a 140ml bottle
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