Homemade Chilli Sauce

Homemade Chilli Sauce makes a great edible gift, perfect for all your chilli loving friends. Easy to make & tastes so much better than shop bought.

Makes:

Approx 750 ml (recipe is easily doubled)

6 large tomatoes

4 large chillies about 45 g (choose your chillies for the heat that you want- Cayenne is a good choice)

375 ml (1 ½ cups) cider vinegar

125 g (½ cup) caster sugar

2 teaspoons salt

1 tablespoon pickling spice tied up in a spice bag

You will need:

4 to 6 sterilised bottles or jars depending on the size of bottle you use.

Skin, deseed and roughly chop your tomatoes.
Roughly slice your chillies – deseed them if you want less heat in the sauce.
Add the tomatoes and chillies to a large saucepan along with half the cider vinegar.
Place on a medium heat and bring to a simmer.
Simmer for 30 minutes with a lid on until soft.
Remove from the heat and whizz together – a stick/hand blender is a good choice if you have one. Be careful, the mixture is hot and you don’t want any chilli in your eye !
Add the sugar and salt and place back on the heat, give it a good stir and add the spice bag.
Leave to simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
Add the remaining vinegar and simmer for between 30 minutes to one hour until the mixture has reduced down to a nice thick sauce.
Pour into hot sterilised bottles or jars using a funnel.
Will keep for up to 12 months in a cool, dark place.

Use like Tabasco, it will add a definite kick to any dish.