Calling all chilli cooking specialists...

[rich p]

I've noticed that different recipes 'demand' that one uses chopped fresh chillies (seeds included or not), chilli flakes, crumbled bird's-eye chillies, chilli powder plus a few more choices too.

Is it really possible to tell which one has been used in the final epicurean delight?

 

[Dave 123]

I think you should do a taste test and then report back....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 3475199, member: 259"]No.
Just go and buy some el Luchito smoked chili paste. It's bostin. Resistance is useless![/QUOTE]

Gran Luchito.

 

[Aperitif]

Je suis chilli

Here's a product named after Mort's beer habit:

 

[Sara_H]

I use chilli flakes. Other vital spices are coriander and cumin.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You can't put too much cumin in a chilli. Fact.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Always add half a big bar of dark chocolate - yummy!

 

[rich p]

[QUOTE 3477077, member: 259"]that we 'sourced' in Laos[/QUOTE]
I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight worrying about those air miles.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Always add half a big bar of dark chocolate - yummy!

Chilli and chocolate. I've seen that combination in a meal in Asda but i didn't fancy paying a fiver and finding it was horrible. It's not the sort of thing you can give to your dog if you don't like it.

 

[ColinJ]

Chilli and chocolate. I've seen that combination in a meal in Asda but i didn't fancy paying a fiver and finding it was horrible.

Somebody bought me a bar for Christmas a few years ago and I expected it to be horrid. (This, coming from the man who puts hot chillies in his breakfast porridge ...! )

I thought it was really nice!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Somebody bought me a bar for Christmas a few years ago and I expected it to be horrid. (This, coming from the man who puts hot chillies in his breakfast porridge ...! )

I thought it was really nice!

I've got some chocolate mousses in the fridge. I'm going to put a bit of chilli powder in one later and see what it's like,.

 

[Profpointy]

Chilli and chocolate. I've seen that combination in a meal in Asda but i didn't fancy paying a fiver and finding it was horrible. It's not the sort of thing you can give to your dog if you don't like it.

just add a modest amount of cocoa powder and see if you like it. If you don't then it should still be edible.

Not tried cumin or coriander - not convinced - it's a curry .rather than a chilli then surely

 

[AndyRM]

Build up using cayenne, paprika, cumin, coriander, and nutmeg. Bit of saffron can be nice for some smokey depth too.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 3477077, member: 259"]I don't put ground coriander in mine, but plenty of cumin. We toast whole seeds in a heritage cast-iron skillet over mesquite logs and grind it anticlockwise in a handmade pestle and mortar that we 'sourced' in Laos.[/QUOTE]

The middle-class thread is thataway ---------------->>>>

 

[raleighnut]

If you've made a chilli that's too hot then half a teaspoon of sugar stirred in tames it a bit.