Portugal: piri-piri sauce
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¼ | cup | Olive oil |
| 8 | Chilli peppers with | |
| Tops removed | ||
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 1 | Small piece lemon rind | |
Directions
Pour the oil into a small, screw-top jar and add the chilli peppers, bay leaf and lemon rind. Screw on the top and shake. Leave to stand in a warm place for at least 24 hours before use. It will keep at room temperature indefinitely.
Ready made piri-piri can be bought by the portuguese, who use it a good deal as a spicy condiment on pasta, fish or meat and also to flavour stews.
From "THE WORLD'S BEST FOOD FOR HEALTH AND LONG LIFE" by Michael Bateman, Caroline Conran & Oliver Gillie. Published in 1981 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Shared by Robert Rostrup