Simple Chilli Paste

Just knocked together a quick chilli paste for a recipe I'll be doing soon. Seemed worth a short blog entry. This only made 2 teaspoons, because that's all I needed. Obviously scale it all up to make more.

Ingredients

2 fresh Chillis

About 2 tbsp Cider Vinegar

All I did was washed the chillis and popped them in the food processor with just enough vinegar to keep the mixture moving. Then whilst blitzing added a dash of mirin to take the edge off the bitterness and the vinegar and a pinch of salt. If you don't have mirin then a simple syrup, some honey or even half a teaspoon of sugar would do.

Then I reduced the mixture in a pan until I had fried out enough moisture to make a paste.

It's very tasty, but hot, make no mistake!

It'd do for dipping if you added a little oil and honey to the pan and didn't reduce it as much.