Sweet Chilli Sauce
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Using up some excess apple and a bit of the chilli harvest.
Ingredients
- Apples
- Large white onion
- Paprika
- Cider vinegar
- Tomato puree
- 4 small (2 large) bell peppers
- Fresh chillies
- Couple cloves of garlic
- Tin of chopped tomatoes
Method
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Dice the apple and onion
I've lost the notes for how many apples I used, but that's probably about a kilo or so. - Cook down for 20 minutes
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Roast peppers and garlic
In a separate container, roast the peppers for about 15/20 minutes at a medium heat. Don't bother taking the skins off the peppers, nor deseeding the chillies. -
Add the paprika
After another 10 minutes, add the paprika, vinegar and puree, and cook them off. - Add a tin of chopped tomatoes
- Blitz the pot
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Add the peppers to the sauce
And blitz it again. - Strain the lumps out
- Made 1800ml of sauce
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Reduce
Simmer about 20 minutes, or until the sauce reaches the consistency you want. -
Bottle the sauce
Plus another two jars not pictured.