blend · hot sauce
NATIONAL AWARD WINNERPrep 10 minTuscan Red Chile
Independent adaptation of a publicly published Gregory Gourdet recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Gregory Gourdet.
Gregory Gourdet's Tuscan Red Chile, from the published recipe.
Ratio
Ingredients
- Avocado Oil — 1/4 cup (60 ml)
- Tamari — 1/4 cup (60 ml)
- Brown Sugar — 2 Tbsp (25 g)
- Thyme — 1 Tbsp fresh (3 g)
- Salt — 2 tsp (12 g)
- Lemon Zest — 1 tsp lime zest (stored as zest) (2 g)
- Lime Juice — 1 Tbsp (15 ml)
- Pepper — 1/2 tsp black peppercorns (1.5 g)
- Allspice — 1/2 tsp berries (1 g)
- Nutmeg — 1/4 tsp grated (0.5 g)
- Bay Leaf — 2
- Fresno Chile — 1 stemmed
- Scallion — ~1/4 cup chopped (25 g)
- Shallot — ~3 Tbsp chopped (30 g)
- Garlic — 1 large clove
- Ginger — 1-inch piece (~1 Tbsp) (10 g)
- Scotch Bonnet — 1/2 chile with seeds
Method
- This sauce needs a blender — the jar is for storing it, not making it.
- Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Taste and adjust salt and acid.
Companion jar
Tuscan Red Chile wants a blender — make it from this page.
The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:
3 kitchens · 3 stars · 3 national awards
- Ivorybridge Vietnamese-Style Chile-LimeNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
- Cedarbench Korean GochujangNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
- Coralhall Spicy BeetNATIONAL AWARD WINNER
- Midtown Buttermilk★★★ KITCHEN
First run is small.
Leave an email and we’ll hold a jar with its companions on it.
Provenance
Caribbean-American chef of Kann in Portland, Oregon; James Beard Best Chef: Northwest and Food & Wine Best New Chef. Haitian-rooted grilling and vegetable cookery.
Originally published as Red Chile Jerk Sauce.
More from this kitchenFAQ
Can this go in a shake jar?
No — this one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces — its companion jar is below.
What do the quantities mean?
Amounts follow the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, every sauce scales to the same fill height.
Where did this recipe come from?
Adapted from Food & Wine / Gregory Gourdet (published as “Red Chile Jerk Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.