Ingredients
- Fresh Malagueta chilli
- sea salt
- ratio 10:1 chillies to salt
- Olive oil
Method
Wash and dry chilli
Cut off tops split
scoop out the white membrane inside and seeds (I prefer to leave them in)
Grind the chilli in a mortar and pestle with some salt.
Mix chilli with the remaining salt and put in a glass jar, loosely covered in the fridge
Stir every day for 6 days (or until it stops fizzing when you stir it)
Pack into a labeled and dated sterilised jar and cover the top of the paste with olive oil.
Put the lid on store chilled.
Always make sure the paste is stored covered with olive oil to keep it sealed and add more oil as needed.