I love reading the site "Piglet in Portugal" because from time to time they publish portuguese recipes. All of them amazing. Today they had a recipe for "Piri-Piri" , Portuguese hot sauce, usually used on BBQ chickens and shrimp. The recipe is the original one. My parents also made this sauce. If you love spicy/hot sauces you have to try this one.
I went to the market around the block and got a Piri-Piri plant. Autumn is a great time to get them. Willing to try this great sauce.
I am publishing the recipe published on this great site "Piglet in Portugal", about life in Portugal.
Molho de Piri Piri ~ Portuguese Piri Piri Sauceby Piglet in Portugal |
A few years ago, shortly after we moved in to our new villa, we discovered a gift on our doorstep - an old coffee jar containing a strange liquid.
“What on earth is it?” I asked Mr. Piglet as I opened the jar to smell its contents.
“Smells interesting”
“Smells interesting”
I proffered the jar to Mr. Piglet for his opinion. He sniffed, then snorted and finally echoed my comment “What on earth is it?”
I don’t “do” snails but I did tentatively did taste the liquid; it was delicious, but EXTREMELY hot - leaving my lips tingling for several minutes!
Thankfully, the bearer of the gift also left us a clue – a sheet of paper with a recipe printed in both Portuguese and English (see below). It was homemade Piri Piri sauce! To this day we still have no idea who left the gift, but what a kind thought!
The piri piri sauce was gradually consumed and I carefully filed the recipe in a safe place for future reference. Needless to "filed" in such a safe place it remained undiscovered, despite several valiant attempts to find it, for several years until Friday.
Saturday morning, I was straight down the local farmers market looking for some piri piri plants. Success, I found a lovely plant already bearing many fruit! Armed with some fresh piri piri peppers I was now on a mission to make my own sauce. I returned home only to discover we had no whiskey!
