The Chilli Pepper Company - Spices

The Chilli Pepper Company is known as one of the main players of the chilli business in the UK and rightly so, especially when producing amazing chilli seeds and chilli sauces such as 10 Minute Burn Hot Sauce, Be Damned Hot Sauce and Naga Viper Hot Sauce. Its wonderful chilli chocolate as well as chilli fudge are also some of our bestsellers here at the Devil’s Garden.

But The Chilli Pepper Company is also respected for its constant desire to bring all kinds of spices to the general public like the award winning Flaming Peppercorns or The Chilli Pepper Company Chipotle flakes that are of the highest quality and definitely worth getting for the heat level as well as the flavour!

The Chilli Pepper Company has introduced wonderful spices to the chilli market such as the intriguing Kirmizi Biber, Berbere and Indonesian 7 Seas spice. Each of these blends has a specific flavour and heat level that delights the senses and makes you feel like you are on holiday somewhere exotic.

The world would be a very bland place without The Chilli Pepper Company’s spices so why not get a packet of Flaming Peppercorns, sprinkle some Chilli Pepper Pete's Chipotle Flakes on your pizza or add a pinch of Kirmizi Biber to your Lamb Tajine? Once you go for The Chilli Pepper Company you never go back!

More Spices from The Chilli Pepper Company

As promised, we now have some more spices from The Chilli Pepper Company here at The Devil’s Garden and what wonderful ones they are!

Winner of The Hybrid Pepper Award for Innovation and second place for Unique Dry Spice, The Chilli Pepper Company’s Flaming Peppercorns are just out of this world! Infused with Bhut Jolokia Chilli Oil, these little black devils are extremely fragrant whilst packing up a real punch! We usually crush them in a mortar and pestle but you can also use a grinder or cook them whole. Beware though, only 4 or 5 peppercorns per person are enough to spice things up a lot!

Definitely not your average spice, the Chilli Pepper Company’s own version of Kirmizi Biber, a widely used Turkish mix of sweet peppers and hot chilli pepper flakes that are salted and dried before being rubbed in oil and roasted is a great addition to sandwiches, soups, stews and pretty much all that you can think of. We even sometimes eat a pinch of this delicious blend when nobody is looking!

Smoked Jalapenos, otherwise known as Chipotle, are a must have for any chilli lovers. Although a spice easier to get than chilli infused peppercorns of Kirmizi Biber, the chipotle flakes from The Chilli Pepper Company are of a great quality and 100 % pure rather than bulked up by chilli powder like so many other commercial ones are. The smokiness and flavour that chipotle brings to any food is notorious but if you haven’t tried this yet, get your hands on a pack as soon as possible as there are already proving very popular!

The Chilli Pepper Company Spices

Known for their chilli seeds and extreme hot sauces such as Naga Viper or 10 Minute Burn, The Chilli Pepper Company has decided to develop a range of spices to make experts squeal with delight. We currently only have two different types available but will soon be adding some more onto the site so watch this space!

What sets The Chilli Pepper Company apart from other spice suppliers is the willingness to push boundaries and offer spices seldom available to the general public such as Berbere Spice. A key ingredient in African cuisine and one that has been around for centuries, it is hard to find these specific spices all in one blend. This is a spice that we have come to use on a daily basis over the last few weeks and cannot stop experimenting with. The combination of Red Chillies, Fenugreek, Ginger Root, Coriander, Allspice, Cloves, Cardamom and Ajowan seeds (similar to parsley) form a unique fragrant mix that truly delights the senses from the moment you open the shaker. We love it mixed in meaty stews but it also really works sprinkled on a simple omelette or cheese or toast!

Although made with similar spices, The Chilli Pepper Company’s Indonesian Seven Seas Spice is a totally different kind of fragrance with a somewhat more subtle flavour that works wonderfully well with fish or mild-tasting dishes. The smell coming from the blend of coriander, cumin, celery seeds, cloves, red chillies, green cardamom and cassia bark (a close relative to cinnamon) is just exhilarating, especially when cooking although we also found the spice great when mixed in with dips such as mayonnaise or hummus.

The Chilli Pepper Company still have plenty of tricks up their sleeve so be sure to check the Devil’s Garden in a few days to see what other spicy goodies are offered.

Hot Headz Whole Chillies and Spices

What sort of bland food would we have to ingest without the wonderful use of chillies and spices eh? We started off like most people by adding too much salt and inferior pepper to our food before discovering a whole world of scents, spices and fragrant herbs. We have been experimenting for a few years now and are aware (mostly hopefully!) of what kind of spice goes with what type of food although we still come up with weird concoctions from time to time!

When setting up the Devil’s Garden we were able to play around a bit with various dried types of chillies. Our heart was set on Hot Headz’ spices and chillies as they are of great quality and fantastic to use on a daily basis, our personal favourites being their whole Chipotle Chillies (so great in Sweet Potato & Chorizo Soup!) as well as whole Habaneros (so hot yet so good!).

We also love to use less potent stuff such as dried whole Pasilla, Guajillo, Ancho, Mulato and New Mexico chillies. We couldn’t wait to try De Arbol chillies as we had heard these were fiery and very tasty and believe us, we weren’t disappointed!! For months now we have also been using Hot Headz Dried Naga Chilli Flakes which we have put in a shaker and Ground Habanero Chilli Powder which definitely adds heat to any dish, however small an amount you put in!

The great thing about these chillies and spices is that they will last you ages. Despite our constant consumption of chopped up dried chillies we never seem to reach the end of a bag!

Spice up your life!!!

Let’s face it, when it comes to spices most of us go to the supermarket and stand there, compromising between the two or maybe three brands available knowing full well that these won’t really be of the best quality or value.

But fret not! You won’t have to settle for less now thanks to Blair’s Death Rain range of shakers which have recently been added to the Devil’s Garden website. Five different types of chilli mixes are available in an attractive flip-open top container, sold with a free skull keyring, one of Blair’s trademarks!

If you want to go towards the smoky side then add a bit of Blair’s Death Rain BBQ spice in your stew or rub some on chicken and immediately spot the difference! Blair’s Death Rain Chipotle shaker is also there to the rescue and really brings out the flavour of tomato based dishes.

Habanero lovers hang on to your seats with Blair’s Death Rain’s Habanero Shaker as it is the real deal! We love to use it on its own for a quick pick me up or mix it with yogurt or cream to form a marinade to die for! The Blair’s Death Rain Cajun shaker definitely holds its ground too and its smell will have you salivating in seconds!

Last but certainly not least, Blair’s Death Rain Nitro Shaker will leave you in a trance until you come down from chilli heaven to ask for more!

We hope you enjoy these phenomenal spices from Blair’s and let us know what quirky uses you have found for them!

We added a new category of product a few weeks ago entitled “Spices & Chillies”, starring dried whole habanero and chipotle chillies, habanero powder and Naga Jolokia Flakes.

We have now gotten our hands on many more varieties of chillies and cannot wait for you to experiment them in your cooking. Dried chillies are absolutely great in Mexican cuisine but can also be used in various other dishes from Italian to American and Moroccan.

The sweet earthy Pasilla chilli peppers are extremely versatile, just as much as the tad more robust Guajillo chillies. The fruity flavour of the Ando chillies are much acclaimed while Mulato chillies will transport you to South America in a jiffy!

For something on the hotter side, try De Arbol chilli peppers, fiery little devils that will definitely keep you awake for a few more hours! The New Mexican chilli peppers are some of our favourite variety thanks to their fragrance that will make you want to chop some up and sprinkle them on your cereals for breakfast!

We are still experimenting with all of these so do not hesitate to let us know what wonderful culinary delight you have come up with!

New Spicy Products

We have recently expanded our range of chilli products and are now dipping our toes into the world of spices.

Come and check out our new category, Chillies & Spices where four new products have been added. You can now incorporate dried Habanero or Chipotle chillies into your cooking (or eat them whole if you dare!) and play around with ground Habanero chilli powder and Naga Jolokia chilli flakes (which we should mention are AWESOME on pizza!).

Our aim is to provide quality spices and chillies that don’t lose their flavour over time and are much better value for money than what you would find at the supermarket or in specialist shops.

We will endeavour in the coming months to increase and develop this category which is for us very exciting as we love experimenting with various combinations of spices and flavours in our cooking. So watch this space as this is only the beginning of what we would like to think as your one stop shop for chillies and spices!