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Sinful Sauces Wicked

by Martin 'Scooby' Arnold on January 13, 2012 · 1 comment

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Sinful Sauces Wicked

Sinful Sauces Wicked

If I was to say the name ‘Sinful Sauces’ to you, what would be the first thing to spring into mind? Devilishly hot? Exceptionally flavoursome? Whatever it is, for me, its pride. And these guys must be incredibly proud of what they have accomplished in over such a short period of time. National chilli awards winner 2011? Best newcomer? Best label? Don’t ask me what’s so great about their products, just get your butt to www.sinfulsauces.co.uk and find out for yourself. I first met this duo down at the Mendlesham Chilli Fiesta in Suffolk last year and was taken aback by their wide range of products from mild, to bloody hot! (Envy to Bliss as they like to say) Products include sauces, spreads, pickles, clothing and giftsets.

The sauce I am reviewing today is Wicked (Hot). And as always, their packaging is stylish, attaractive, fresh and above all, DAMN SEXY! Black glossy label with their trademark Sinful sauce logo and of course, the cheeky devil giving you the teasing wink egging you on to try some sauce. Even the shrink wrap top to the bottle has been placed perfectly on the lid.

This is without a doubt a faultless style of packaging. A real trendsetter. The sauce itself looks rich, red with hint of orange and a loose pulpy texture. Sauce gently flows from one end of the bottle to the other. Once again I must say the word ‘pride’, as they boast using 100% natural ingredients in their products. So what’s in the bottle?????

Ingredients: Roasted Red Peppers (35%), Tomatoes (24%), Red onions, Red Hot Serrano (10%), Sugar, Red Wine Vinegar, Garlic, Black pepper, Rosemary, Olive oil, Salt.

Chilli and garlic together? Sounds spot on to me. I have to open the bottle now but I am struggling to. It seems wrong. Bugger it, I have to try it. Off comes the lid. Straight away a sweet onion smell greets me with a mild Chilli aroma beside it. The tomato smell that comes with it reminds me strangely of spag bol, weird hey. Maybe its mixing with the rosemary to give me that? Either way it smells awesome. Lets have a taste.

Okay now that’s crazy. The sauce actually gives me the feeling that it is warm? Not a chilli hot warm, I mean like it has been popped in the microwave for a few seconds. You get the chilli warmth with it too as well as a beautiful tomato and onion flavour and a slight herby background from the rosemary. Rich roasted flavour from the peppers which takes this sauce to an amazing level of flavour and the heat level is bang on. Texture is smooth and welcoming and encourages more and more of this sauce to be eaten. Very versatile I say, good for most dishes and meals. Heat level is hot but not blistering. If you want to ramp up the heat then have lots, if you want it milder then have a little, simple as that.

So, one question remains. Why the hell are you still reading this and not ordering it??? I’ve just said its one hell of a sauce :D You will definitely not be let down with any of their products. Still reading? O come on, www.sinfulsauces.co.uk.

Bottle kindly supplied by www.sinfulsauces.co.uk and costs only £4.50 for a 148ml bottle. Until next time my fellow Chilliheads remember, if it burns going in, it will burn coming out.

Flavour
(8/10)
Heat
(7/10)
Packaging
(10/10)
Value
(9/10)
Overall
(9.5/10)

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Mr Singh’s – NEW Black Label Chilli Sauce review

by Hot Juan on November 22, 2011 · 0 comments

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We have received  a bottle of a new product from Mr Singh’s, you may have seen some traffic on twitter about it last week, we also ran a competition to find a name for this new hotter sauces, well the name is very simple (often the best ideas are), it is just called “Mr Singh’s Black Label Sauce”.

Mr Singh' s Black Label Chilli Sauce

Mr Singh' s Black Label Chilli Sauce

This new sauce looks to be a definite boost in heat over the original, just looking at the ingredients you see the first three are all hot chillies with Scotch Bonnets, Naga Chillies and Birdseye Chillies.

Ingredients: Scotch Bonnets, Naga Chillies, Birdseye Chillies, Tamarind Extract, Bitter Melon, Tomatoes, Brown Sugar, Dark Soy Sauce, Salt and Malt Vinegar.

Bottle kindly provided by Mr Singh’s Sauce

Bitter Melon

Bitter Melon

The sauce is a much darker colour than the original, the original was a very red Tomato based sauce. This sauce still contains tomatoes, but they are well down the list, there is one new ingredient I have not seen in a sauce before Bitter Melon, I have looked in up on Wikipeadia and it is an odd looking thing, looks nothing like I expect from a melon, I recommend you take a look, it is a most interesting fruit.

On opening the jar the smell is initially coming from the Chillies, it even smells hot, the first flavour I get is I think from the Tamarind, it is rich and slightly sweet, then the chillies kick in, a second spoonful and there is less sweetness and I think I have started to taste the Bitter Melon combined with the rich sweet Tamarind, all washed down with a good searing of chillies.

The Scotch Bonnets come first on the list, but I am having problems identifying their fruitiness over that combination of Naga and Birdseye, I liked the original Mr Singh’s Sauce, but this one is like it grown up big brother, this one does not get sand kicked in it’s face, it’s got attitude.. lots of it.

I must seek out some Bitter Melon to taste on it own, normally sauces with Tamarind in are often to sweet for my tastes, but it seems adding the Bitter Melon could be master stroke,  giving us a kind of grown up sweet and sour.

We are told it will retail for £4.00 a bottle  and will be available on the Mr Singh’s web site  from December, so grab it and give it a go, chilli headz will not be disappointed, but I expect a few will always want it hotter.

I have rated the sauce only a 5/10 for the packaging, I think this label has all the right information on it, it just needs a bit of a lift to make it stand out, this would be simple to fix. Flavour gets a 9/10 I loved it.

Flavour
(9/10)
Heat
(7.5/10)
Packaging
(5/10)
Value
(8/10)
Overall
(8.5/10)

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Chilliqueen – Scotch Bonnet Brown Sauce

by Hot Juan on November 12, 2011 · 0 comments

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Chilliqueen's Scotch Bonnet Brown Sauce

Chilliqueen's Scotch Bonnet Brown Sauce

Chilliqueen produce a large range of chilli inspired products, they tend to be on the mild but tasty side of the chilli market, their use of chillies is to enhance the flavour of the other ingredients. If you removed the chilli you would still have a basically very good product.

This sauce is a nice dark brown colour, it has a slightly thinner in consistency that HP brown sauce which is a lot sweeter (not always a good point, even if they have changed the recipe to lower the sugar content) this sauce also contains a few pieces of tomato and other ingredients floating in the mix.

The taste is initially strongly from the vinegar, then the molasses and tomatoes, garlic and lime. There is a nice warmth from the Scotch Bonnet chillies, enough to make this a very pleasant without obscuring the other flavours.

Ingredients: Tomatoes, Water, Sugar, Molasses, Sprit Vinegar, Spring Onions, Cornflour, Salt, Concentrated Lime Juice, Garlic Puree, Scotch Bonnet Chilli (0.4%), Thyme, Allspice.

Bottle kindly provided by Chilliqueen

This is one very good quality product, goes great with a nice leisurely full English breakfast on a Sunday morning. or even just a bacon sandwich if you are in a rush.

Do have a look at their web site www.chilliqueen.co.uk they have a very impressive range and with this one at only £3.50 for a  260g bottle they offers good value for money. I must admit this won’t last long here at ChileFoundry HQ, its balance between heat and flavour is just about perfect.

If you have any special dietary requirments then this is also suitable Vegetarians, Vegans and Coeliacs.

Flavour
(8/10)
Heat
(4/10)
Packaging
(8/10)
Value
(8/10)
Overall
(8/10)

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Ballymaloe Jalapeno Pepper Relish

by Hot Juan on October 23, 2011 · 0 comments

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Ballymalone Jalapeno Pepper Relish

Ballymalone Jalapeno Pepper Relish

I picked up a jar of this relish as we left Ireland (Eire) via Cork airport, I was surprised to see in the airport, it the last few trips we have not found any interesting products in our travels.

The Ballymaloe Country Relish business was started by Yasmin Hyde in the 1990, the company now produces a range of product including the one we are reviewing today.

Popping the lid and there is a rich smell of tomatoes, the relish is as you would hope, thick with the flesh of the ingredients.

The initial taste is from the tomatoes, they are sweet and full of flavour, then there is the acidity from the vinegar, and finally just mild warmth from the Jalapenos. Oddly this was not what I was expecting, it is very very tasty very moorish.

The amount of flavour flowing from this is exceptional, I like tomatoes and this gives me lots of fresh tomatoes, I am not sure I could call it “Jalapeno Pepper” Relish, may be Tomato and Jalapeno Relish and then only if they added a few more Jalapenos to the mix.

Ingredients: Tomatoes,  Red Peppers, Vinegar, Sugar, Jalapeno Peppers (5%), Garlic, Spices, Salt.

I think this tastes great, but lacks the headline flavour of Jalapenos, they are lost in all that great tasting tomatoes. I cannot give the high scores they deserve for the product, as the poor old Jalapeno has got a bit lost. If I was reviewing a Mildly Spicy Tomato Relish, this would be an easy 9/10 for flavour.

At £2.75 for an excellent tomato relish I would be very happy, put this on some fancy toast and you have got an excellent tapas style dish.

You can find out more about Ballymaloe Country Relish on their web site www.ballymaloecountryrelish.ie

Flavour
(6/10)
Heat
(1/10)
Packaging
(6/10)
Value
(8/10)
Overall
(6/10)

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