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Chilli-Garlic Crisp
A spicy chilli crisp is ideal when you want to infuse life into a bowl of congee or need that extra hit of spice on your ramen. It also works well in pastas, noodles, salads and stews. Simply slice the garlic as thinly as possible and cover it in oil with as much chilli as you like. Allow it to toast on low heat in a pot with a lid on and you will have plenty of this delicious elixir to eat of.
Herb-Yoghurt Dip
This cooling, garlicky and creamy dip is perfect to dollop on top of a slice of warm sourdough toast with avocado or even better, a chicken lunch wrap. Pair it with something spicy to balance out the heat or dip some cucumber sticks in, for an easy summer snack. You could also add cucumbers and carrot juliennes to make a quick salad or slather it on eggs. This herb-yoghurt dip also makes for a great marinade, interestingly enough. Throw together some good quality Greek yoghurt, chopped garlic, herbs of choice along with olive oil and salt in a bowl and dip away!
Jamaican Jerk Sauce
Slather this spicy sauce on top of meat, shrimp, fish or crab and bake in a hot oven until the outer skin is caramelised and eat with a mild coconut rice or flatbread. Made with intensely aromatic ingredients like onions, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, thyme and Scotch bonnet peppers, this jerk sauce can pack in quite the heat. Use with caution if you’re looking to add a hint of warmth to your food and liberally, if you think you can handle the spice. Interestingly enough, the ingredients used in a jerk sauce are also more or less used to make the dry Jamaican spice rub that is commonly used in barbecues.
Citrus-Pepper Dressing
This sweet and tangy dressing can be drizzled liberally on top of a crisp, fresh salad, roasted vegetables or chicken. It is deliciously peppery and sweet with a sharp hit of lime, that feels like a riot of flavours. The beauty of this dressing is that the citrus element can be switched around and have oranges, Meyer lemons, sweet limes or clementines be used instead of lemon. Odd as it may sound, if you leave out the whole grain mustard and olive oil from the dressing, the citrus-pepper works beautifully on sweet things like pretzels or rice krispie treats. You could store a batch of this dressing in an air-tight jar for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
