The Wiltshire Chilli Farm - Fruity Hot Sauces

It would be easy to go on and on about Wiltshire Chilli Farm's range of chilli products that ranges from the impressive right down to darn frigging amazing in our eyes! Take their fruity chilli sauces for example. Whether you go for the molten lava that is Wiltshire Chilli Farm's Mango Hot Sauce, the wonderfully orgasmic Sweet Chilli Sauce or Wiltshire Chilli Farm's Fruity Hot Sauce that is in our opinion the best apple-based chilli sauce currently on the market, there is something for every mood.

Wiltshire Chilli Farm's Sweet Chilli Sauce is particularly good as part of a Chinese meal or as a condiment for spring rolls, barbecued meats and definitely chips! The Fruity hot sauce from Wiltshire Chilli Farm as previously mentioned is apple-based and is more reminiscent of a good vintage cider than an apple crumble if you see what we mean. And if you don't just get yourself a bottle and tell us what you think!

We just love Wiltshire Chilli Farm, not only for their hard-working attitude but also because of their fabulous range of chilli salts, chilli jams and of course their savoury and more to the point fruity hot sauces!

The Wiltshire Chilli Farm

A new brand is now available at the Devil’s Garden and what a treat we have in store for you folks! Wiltshire Chilli Farm started a couple of years ago near Melksham in the south-west of the UK and had a stand at the Brighton Chilli Festival 2011 which is where we met the husband and wife team, namely Jamie and Julie.

We are still astonished at the fact that Wiltshire Chilli Farm has managed to not only create from scratch a neat little plantation housing more than a thousand varieties of chilli plants in four polytunnels but they have also brought to the market a plethora of chilli jams, chutneys, chilli salts and of course hot sauces in what takes certain brands years to produce.

We have seen many a new brand crash and burn after getting a little bit too confident but we can tell from experience that Wiltshire Chilli Farm definitely won’t be one of these. Led by a true passion for all things chilli-related and keen to bring to the general populace chilli products with chillies that are too often left in the background such as the Fatalii or the Yellow 7 Pot, we can definitely say that the future is bright for Wiltshire Chilli Farm.

But if you want the unbiased opinion of chilli heads and chilli virgins that we used as guinea-pigs for a number of Wiltshire Chilli Farm’s chilli products then the overall feeling is that the flavour is always gorgeous, the heat is well balanced and the whole experience of smelling, tasting and ingesting the chilli jams, chutneys, chilli salts and hot sauces is one that should be had times and times again!

Sinful Sauces - An Quick Overview

In less than two years Sinful Sauces have managed to bring forth to the general public a whole range of sweet and savoury hot sauces, chilli pickles and spreads and boy do we love them for it! Far from resting on their laurels Sinful Sauces are always keen to reinvent traditional sauces or turn a chilli pickle on its head for the delight of our senses.

Need an example? Well how does a Habanero and Cardamom Pickle sounds like? Or a Chilli Chocolate Hazelnut Spread? And what if we were to tell you that “Envy” uses the kiwi as a main ingredient or that “Wicked” puts the beautiful Serrano chilli pepper at its forefront?

The 7 Deadly Sins Collection is such a great idea with flavours ranging from sweet to savoury and with wonderful elements such as Clementines, Passionfruit, Pineapple, Apricot or slowly roasted Tomatoes, red onions or applewood smoked garlic.  Chillies of predilection for Sinful Sauces are the Habanero Orange, Naga and Scotch Bonnets but as mentioned earlier the Serrano aslo finds its place as well as the popular Jalapeno.

With Sinful Sauces you can be sure that there is a little bit of something for everyone and we truly hope that they keep taking us on a real chilli adventure in the coming years!

A new brand you are not going to want to miss!

If you don’t know Rico Picante’s range of chilli sauces yet, believe us, you’ll want to get yourselves some as soon as possible! Five chilli sauces to suit your every cravings, one Peruvian chilli that rules them all, only one end game: to bring forth an astronomically orgasmic feeling to your senses!

You might think we are exaggerating but just wait until you’ve tried one of these Rico Picante’s chilli sauces, may it be the fragrant Amarillo, the versatile Amazonia, the salivating Smoky, the exotic Andes or the fiery Oops! Each of these sauces has got its own winning particularity but they all have something in common, the Peruvian Aji chilli pepper that cannot be found in any other hot sauce currently on the market.

Our tastebuds are now addicted to this wonderful Aji Yellow chilli pepper that has been crossed in these sauces with the berry flavoured Panca chilli, Rocoto chilli pepper and even Peruvian Black Mint!

Led by a brother and sister team who are nostalgic of their childhood land of Peru, Rico Picante is still a young brand but you could never tell in view of the professionalism and stylish image it displayed from the start.

All we know is this is already creating a hell of a buzz around us so talk to your family about it, introduce one of these five wonderful chilli sauces to your friends, you’ll soon become the most loved person in the room!

CaJohn's Select Puree's

Cajohns Fiery Foods is a US brand that has been around since the 90’s although John Hard the man behind the brand decided to take the reins of his every increasing chilli empire in 2004 with numerous international, national and regional awards to be proud of. Cajohns Fiery Foods now has over 150 products from chilli salsas to hot sauces of course, barbecue sauces and chilli mustards to suit the most difficult and chilli heat resistant palate. His range of chilli purees has long been acclaimed and is aptly named “Cajohn’s Select Chilli Purees”.

The ones any self-proclaimed chilli addict or even chilli beginner should get their hands on are the ones representing families of chillies at their best we mean the famous habanero, the deathly fatalii, the smoky chipotle and the fragrant (and mildest of the lot) Serrano chilli pepper.

Each bottle of chilli puree from Cajohn’s Select Range deserves to be called “puree” rather than simply “hot sauce” as more than 80% of the bottle is crammed full with each particular type of chilli therefore offering the general public a selection for them to choose from, from mild to wild, from savoury to fruity and from gorgeous to insane!

Blair's Extreme Hot Sauces!

Blair's has been around since 1989 so it's no wonder it is now one of the major leading brands in the chilli world.

Blair's superhot trinity of hot sauces in a compilation of sweet and savoury chilli sauces that will make any chilli head exult with joy thanks to its heat of course but also because of its flavour.

The mildest of the trilogy is Blair's Sudden Death Hot Sauce which is made using the fruity habanero, and some cayenne chilli pepper, but also clover honey and ginseng as well as of course a good glug of chilli extract. Many a grown man has been reduced to tears by Blair's Sudden Death Hot Sauce so it is definitely something to handle with care!

Blair's Mega Death, the middle child also has the same base ingredients of habanero and cayenne but is a sweeter sauce thanks to molasses, ginger and surprisingly guava nectar and ancho chillies to complement the flavour and only 550 000 Scoville Heat Units to boost things up!

The last evil sprog of the Blair's Trinity is Blair's Ultra Death chilli sauce which has scared more than one chilli head. This is like pure liquid fire going down your throat. Here again we find habaneros, cayenne but also tomato puree, piri-piri chillies and the beloved Naga Jolokia and this time just above 1 100 000 Scoville Heat Units!

All we know is that we love them all, a feeling matched by a lot of Blair's fans and we definitely can see why!

Chilli Pepper Pete - Chilli Sauce Banned

Chilli Pepper Pete has been around for a few years now and it is a brand that is mostly known for chilli sauces such as Dragon’s Blood, Sphincter Shrinker and Smokin’ Devil although it is also greatly popular for chilli products such as Chilli Pepper Pete’s Piri Piri Oil, Liquid Fire hot sauce and of course the hotter than hot chilli curry sauces that go by the name of Nagaloo and Goan to the Loo.

The latest noise around Chilli Pepper Pete though is due to the hellish Satan’s Shit Chilli Sauce which some consider to be more of a chilli paste. Satan’s Shit was one of the first Chilli Pepper Pete’s products we put on the Devil’s Garden as we knew consumers would want to try it and brag to friends and family if they lived to tell the tale...

With the festival season upon us a lot of chilli brands are keen to impress the crowds with new or established chilli sauces but Chilli Pepper Pete’s Satan’s Shit created quite a stir at the Taste of London festival as well as the Cheltenham Food Festival in the last couple of weeks when members of the public started feeling the burn a bit too intensely and had to be seen at the first aid tent. Chilli Pepper Pete’s Satan’s Shit was later banned from both shows which created even more publicity around the chilli sauce.

The last chilli sauce we heard that was banned from a chilli festival was The Chilli Pepper Company’s 10 Minute Burn Hot Sauce. People were seen to have “episodes” where they would roll themselves on the grass in fits of uncontrollable laughter. A member of the Devil’s Garden took a bit more than she should have at the Levens Hall Chilli Fiesta last year and apparently lost her hearing for a couple of minutes!

A lot of people think that chilli sauces cannot get hot enough, well there is now proof that The Chilli Pepper Company’s 10 Minute Burn hot sauce and Chilli Pepper’s Satan’s Shit chilli sauce are not to be taken lightly!

Cambridge Chilli Farm Visit - Part 1

Since one of our friends had kindly offered us a tour of Edible Ornamentals chilli farm we decided we would take the opportunity to go and visit Cambridge Chilli Farm that is set up nearby.

We have been stocking Cambridge Chilli Farm’s products for about a year now and are addicted to chilli sauces such as Pineapple & Habanero Hot Sauce and of course Ghost Pepper 10 Hot Sauce although we are also partial to Cambridge Chilli Farm’s Habanero Gold Jam and Raspberry Chilli Jelly!

Tim is the man behind the brand and is a dedicated chilli grower who endeavours to bring out the best out of his chillies and create hot sauces and chilli preserves that people will trust and enjoy time and time again.

Cambridge Chilli Farm is set up on a quarter of an acre which is currently enough for the farm’s needs although we could sense that given the proper staff and technology Tim would be keen to have at least 6 acres to potter about with!

Cambridge Chilli Farm’s polytunnels are one of the best kept ones we have seen so far. The chilli plants are divided by type, with a dominance this year of Orange and Chocolate Habaneros and Seven Yellow Pots.

We went round each polytunnels, Tim explaining to us the influence that the weather has had on his current crop and going into detail about all the aspect of growing chillies on such a scale. The farm also has a glass greenhouse that holds several other varieties and we just loved seeing how attentive Tim was to every chilli plant, however small.

Tim definitely knows what he is on about, not only because of his knowledge in all things botanical but also because of a genuine passion for chillies.

Dave's Gourmet - New Products in Stock

Dave’s Gourmet is one of the staple chilli brands from the US, a brand that over the years has shown its worth by bringing us chilli sauces such as Dave’s Insanity Hot Sauce, Dave’s Hurtin’ Habanero or the ingenious Dave’s Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce.

At the Devil’s Garden we are always excited to get new products from Dave’s Gourmet and boy do we have a treat in store for you this week! First off is Dave’s Gourmet’s Jammin’ Jerk Hot Sauce which is the perfect chilli sauce to use this summer to flavour barbecued meat or vegetables (although it is a great chilli sauce to use all year round too!). We also love the particular jerk flavour of this chilli sauce when mixed into a salad dressing or simply spread on cheese on toast!

We have just received a great product from Dave’s Gourmet which is a spice shaker containing six different types of chillies either ground or in flakes. This Dave’s Gourmet’ 6 Pure Dried Chiles Shaker offers a gradual scale so you are aware of the flavour and intensity of the dried chilli you are using, namely: Ancho, New Mexico, De Arbol, Cayenne, Habanero and Chipotle.

Collectors are always contacting us, asking for the latest item to add to their collection. Well Dave’s Gourmet is notorious for their annual batch of Dave’s Insanity Ghost Pepper Private Reserve Limited Edition, numbered and signed by the man himself, presented in a cool wooden coffin box with authentication certificate inside. The 2011 batch has just arrived on British soil and is three times hotter than the original Dave’s Insanity Hot Sauce and although a collector’s item we are very tempted to open it up and have a good glug of it!

So there you go, Dave’s Gourmet is a brand close to our hearts and we hope you’ll have great fun experimenting with Dave’s Jammin Jerk Chilli Sauce, Dave’s Gourmet 6 Pure Dried Chiles Shaker and for those wanting something a bit special, Dave’s Gourmet Insanity Ghost Pepper Private Reserve Limited Edition 2011!!

Savoury Sinful Sauces

The Devil’s Garden is keen to get all chilli sinners to use and abuse some of Sinful Sauces’ of hot sauces as they are really worth the detour! 7 flavours are available in this deadly sins collection but we wanted to highlight the savoury ones to you:

“Wicked” hot sauce is made with slowly cooked roasted red peppers, juicy tomatoes, red onions, red wine vinegar, garlic, black pepper and rosemary and is using the Serrano chilli pepper (too often overlooked) for heat. This is a fantastic everyday condiment that we are using with everything that lands on our plate from chicken to fish, sandwiches and cheeses.

Now if you want something to give you a good chilli kick just try Sinful Sauces’ Wrath hot sauce. Naga is of course the dominant chilli pepper, counterbalanced with fragrant applewood smoked garlic, tomatoes, sweet red peppers, onions and red wine vinegar along with black treacle and a hint of lime to boost the whole flavour. We tend to use this sauce as you would ketchup so anything from burgers to chips, fish, pasta and cold meats.

“Bliss” is a different hot sauce altogether. It leans towards a barbecue sauce but we tend to use it in a lot more things than on grilled meats as it really is a wonderful hot sauce with a smoky flavour from chipotle chilli peppers that leaves us panting and intense heat coming from naga that takes us to an especially blissful place!

The Sinful Sauces’ 7 deadly sins collection does exactly what it says on the tin, providing a wide range of delectable hot sauces that range from mild to hot to trot and we cannot wait for sinners to tell us what they think!

Sweet Sinful Sauces

Sinful Sauces are fast gaining in popularity thanks to their “7 deadly sins” collection of hot sauces. Not only is the design of the brand very appealing but the time and effort put in by the owners of Sinful Sauces, a husband and wife team, really shows in the quality of the hot sauces.

There is a taste for everyone in the 7 deadly sins collection but our focus for now is on the sweet hot sauces such as “Envy”. The mildest of the lot, this is not your average hot sauce as Kiwi is used as a main ingredient along with a hint of lime for sharpness and green jalapenos to provide the heat. The result is a hot sauce that is incredibly alluring in colour and wonderfully refreshing in flavour.

Sinful Sauces “Passion” hot sauce is a tad hotter as orange habaneros have been used although in such a delicate way that the balance of pineapple and passionfruit is not affected. We have tried this hot sauce in smoothies and milkshares and it is just out of this world. It also works really well poured over a good piece of sponge cake.

A lot of chilli suppliers either use apricot or mango in their produce but Sinful Sauces Addiction hot sauce has got both combined along with a hint of cider vinegar so the mix is not overly sweet. Here again orange habaneros bring in some heat which means the hot sauce is entering the realm of medium hot sauces.

Last but certainly not least in the sweet hot sauces of 7 deadly sins collection is “Sublime”. Sinful Sauces have got this hot sauce just right, using clementines as the main ingredient counterbalanced with honey, lemon, lime and a touch of cider vinegar. We are really glad they used the Scotch Bonnet chilli pepper to create the heat as its particular flavour goes really well with fruity aromas whilst bringing in some heat!

We have had these hot sauces from Sinful Sauces for a couple of weeks now and just cannot decide on a favourite they are that unique so we cannot wait to see which ones becomes the most sinful!