FLOUR AND WATER

Jane Lyons shares her hot tips for using up chillies, and how to ensure you eat up every last scrap of those festive leftovers

Jane Lyons shares chilli recipes and ways to use up leftovers.

Spice, particularly chilli heat, can be a polarising thing but chilli lovers can’t deny the high to be had from that tummy-warming and at times eye-watering hit. “They nip, they tingle, they make your eyes smart,” said Nigel Slater about hot little bird’s-eye chillies.

Mild varieties bring a different kind of joy to dishes in the form of subtle sweetness, flavour and texture. If you grow your own and have a bumper crop or wind up with too many in the kitchen, you’ve got plenty of options for using them up for preserving for later.