Habanero Harissa :: Favorite Fatalii Chili Enveloped in Tunisian Flavors ::

If you haven't yet discovered North Africa's favorite hot sauce, take a moment to get acquainted w/ Harissa.  Avanti versions of Harissa are plentiful over the years.  Try the more eclectic Avanti Poached Garlic & Green Peppercorn HARISSA recipe too.  This one is relatively traditional, pepper focused, using two richly flavored chili peppers, Fatalii & Hatch. 

 

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Prep Method
2	Ounces	Fatalii chili	Fresh
1 1/2	Cups	EVOO
1/4	Cup	Garlic cloves	Fresh
2	Tablespoons	Herbs de Provance
2	Tablespoons	Anise hemp sea salt
1	Tablespoon	Cumin seed
1	Tablespoon	Coriander seed
1	Teaspoon	Caraway seed
1/2	Teaspoon	Anise seed
2	Medium	Meyer lemons	Zest only

Directions:

Combine and roast in a 350 oven for 10 mins.  Then cool in the turned off oven to cure. 

8

Ounces

Mild hatch chilies

Dried

Stem & seed the chilies and roast in a 350 oven for 15 mins.  Stir every 5 mins.  To the roasted chilies add:

1	Cup	Fresh citrus juice	Lemon & lime
1	Cup	Dry sherry
2	Tablespoons	Shoyu
2	Tablespoons	White miso
1	Tablespoon	Tomato paste
5	Cloves	Pickled garlic
1	Cup	Preserved lemons
1 1/2	Quarts	Water

Let steep over night.  Combine all and blend in the vitamix.  Let steep again for several hours, then blend again to a smooth consistency.  

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Organic tofu tacos w/ basil blossoms & Avanti Simple Seed Blend

Spend a few quick moments combining a bunch of crunchy, flavorful and nutritious seeds & spices in a jar and save yourself a ton of time whenever you cook or garnish a dish.  No recipe required.  When you hear of particular relevanthealth benefits on Dr Oz or Dr Fuhrman et al on PBS add them to your mix.  Some of my favorite and essential seeds include:

Get started w/ seeds in a jar

SOME SEEDS

Sesame, both black and brown

Mustard, yellow, brown & black

Hemp

Fennel & anise (love that licorice flavor)

Nigella

Perilla

Flax

Chia

Coriander

Cumin

Caraway

Pepitas

Quinoa

Chili flakes & seeds

Schezwan pepper

SOME GROUND SPICES

Avanti Golden Spice

Avanti Hawaij

Turmeric

Curry

Garam masala

Sumac

Cloves

Nutmeg

Cinnamon

Cardamom

Ginger

Onion

Garlic

Asafetida

Pumpkin pie spice

Gotta have those pepitas

SOME HERBS

Italian seasoning

Basil

Oregano, Mexican and Greek

Thyme

Tarragon

Chives

Parsley

Mint

Dill

Lemon Balm

EXTRAS

Nutritional yeast

Puffed brown rice (The toasted puffed brown rice used in genmai tea is available separately [without the green tea] in Japanese grocery stores)

Blue green algae

 

Avanti ancient grain prantha stuffed w/ cabbage & onion & served w/ red & green vegetable stews

 

All seeds and spices have a wide variety of micronutrients and thus health benefits.  Google spices by name or health concerns such as “herbs and spices for blood pressure, cardiovascular health, diabetes, arthritis, etc.”  

Combine your favorite spices into a clean and dry glass jar w/ a tight fitting lid.  I make mine in small batches, a pint jar is great.  Keeps things fresh.  Don’t fill it too full.  You’ll want room to shake it like Taylor. 

I like to keep one in the kitchen and one more tableside.  Make a separate one with warm sweet spices like Avanti Hawaij, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom & sweeter herbs like mint & lemon balm, etc. for your morning oats & hot organic grain cereals.  Mix in some dried cranberries, raisins, tree nuts and you’ll make a nutritious complexly flavored breakfast in minutes.

 

Hot fatalii chili yam cakes w/ mushroom stew & romaine salad, topped w/ pickled onions & seeds

This is a great alternative to adding cheese, oil or sour cream as a garnish for soups, stews, salads and entrees.  The seeds offer that satisfying crunch, satiating healthy fats & pixel points of flavor.  Mash into an avocado on toasted ancient grain bread for a power breakfast or high-energy snack. 

Spice blends and seasonings have been around forever.  But rarely is the main component those healthy seeds we know we should be eating more of.  Make your own at home, and make your time in the kitchen work for you.  Whip up a bunch, they make great Avanti Natural Gifties too! Eat Well // Live Well // Cook Smart, the Avanti Natural way!

 

Simple seeds adorn a 10 grain wild rice risotto w/ pineapple sage blossoms

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Avanti 2015 Garden Chili Fermented HOT Sauce

Avanti garden chilies:
Pequins in the bowl.  On the plate from left, Aji dulce, fatalii, Australian lantern, tabasco 

The summer of 2015 was a banner year for HOT chili peppers in the Avanti Natural Garden.  What we used to refer to as Veronica’s grandpappy’s Guadalajara chili was identified by a chef bud as the mighty pequin.  If you fancy growing chilies in your garden, make sure to add at least one of these marvels.  They grow to stellar heights, over 6 or 7 feet, produce hundreds of chilies and live for years.  They are a HOT power chili shrub.  The habaneros, cayenne & Tabasco chilies I ordered from Cross Country Nurseries this year all produced w/ abandon.  I fell in love w/ the golden fatalii.  That plant produced at least 40 chilies over the season.  I only order plants indicated ‘prolific’ and some are, and some not so much.  This fatalii delivered big time.

  I have a gigantor 7 foot tall Bangladeshi eggplant that has produced at least 100 flowers, but is completely sterile and 100% fruitless.  But that is a separate story

 

A beautiful specimen plant, but so far it's shooting blanks

As we all know, fermented foods are coming into their own scientifically.  Health-Foodies for Centuries have touted the fermented veg as something to eat daily for optimum health.  Finally Science has caught up w/ instinctive human wisdom.  So, get HOT >> Ferment >> Live Long & Perspire ::]

Avanti 2015 Garden Chili Fermented HOT Sauce

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Prep Method
8	Ounces	Fresh garden chilies*	Smaller preferable
2	Tablespoons	Sea salt	Avanti pickling salt
2	Cups	Herbal broth**
3	Tablespoons	Avanti Ginger Puree
1	Tablespoon	Miso
2/3	Cup	Champagne vinegar	Or Apple Cider Vinegar
1/3	Cup	Red wine vinegar
6	Cloves	Garlic

Pick through and wash the chilies.  Allow to drain until mostly dry.  

Chilis ready for hot sauce.  Pequins in one batch, a mix in the other

Place all into a sturdy blender and grind until smooth.  Don’t overdo it.  Remember the vinegar, ginger puree & miso are living organisms.  

Ready to grind in the blender jar

Don’t allow the heat of friction to kill the beneficial probiotics.  Let sit in the blender for several hours or over night.  Blend again.  This will tenderize, the chili pulp skins and seeds for a smoother sauce.  Divide into clean glass jars.  Cover w/ a tea towel and allow to ferment at room temperature for 3 to 5 days.  Shake well twice a day.  Refrigerate.

 

Dagger pods in w/ the mix

* A Note On Chilies <::> Smaller chilies are naturally more dense so they will produce a thicker sauce.  If you use larger chilies such as those from the habanero family, add ½ cup or so of hemp or sesame seeds to the blender to thicken the final sauce.  You can add a tablespoon of flax or chia too, but don’t over do those as they make the sauce sticky.  Adding the seeds increases the nutrition, protein and fiber content of the finished sauce.

** A Note On Herbal Broth <::> This is a great place to create the nutritional alchemy you’d like to include in your daily diet.  As you learn about micro nutrients, teas & herbs that respond to the health issues you would personally like to address, add those components to your herbal broth.  I add a mixture of somes of these: Jamaica, rooibos, cinnamon, nopales, reishi, shiitake, maitake, matcha, red pine bark, cacao, turmeric, ginger, fenugreek, coriander, galangal and more.  I peruse the spice rack and choose for flavor, color & health benefits.  Then I add garden herbs such as basil, lemon grass, oregano, mint, lemon balm, pineapple sage, lemon verbena, rosemary, etc. as the whim strikes me. 

 

Australian lanterns, they are smaller and redder than the Aji dulce

This summer I made three variations of this sauce

Variation #1 :: 100% pequin chilies

Variation #2 :: Garden chili mix:  Fatalii, Australian lantern, dagger pod, aji dulce, Tabasco.  I added a ¼ cup hemp seeds to the mix.  It’s a bit thin.

Variation #3 :: 2 parts pequin to 1 part garden chili mix

 

Three variations in jars.  All 3 are HOT Stuff!

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