Friday, January 16, 2009

Watkins Calypso Hot Pepper Sauce & Recipe


This uniquely complex, sweet and spicy sauce is perfect with rice and beans, curries, tomato juice, chicken and seafood.

• All-natural/fat-free: No preservatives.
• Exclusive: Created specially by Watkins and available nowhere else.
• Unique flavors: More than just heat—a blend of hot, sweet, and tangy flavors.
• Heat Level: Medium.
• Uses: Tomato juice or vegetable juice cocktail; chicken and seafood; beans and rice; Caribbean
and Cajun dishes; eggs; curries; salad dressings.

Calypso Spiced Walnuts

2 tbsp/30 mL orange juice
1/4 cup/60 mL sugar
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Original Grapeseed Oil
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Calypso Hot Pepper Sauce
8 ounces/227 g shelled walnuts (2 cups/500 mL)
2 tsp/10 mL Watkins Cinnamon
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Cloves
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL freshly-ground Watkins Sea Salt

Combine first four ingredients in glass baking dish. Toss walnuts into mixture until well coated.
Bake at 350°F/180°C for 10 to 15 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring once. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Cinnamon and Cloves; toss to coat. Spoon onto waxed paper, separating nuts. Sprinkle with salt; cool to room temperature.

Calypso Jambalaya

8 ounces/227 g bulk Italian sausage, spicy or mild
8 ounces/227 g ham, diced
1 cup/250 ml chopped onion
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Calypso Hot Pepper Sauce
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Parsley
1 tbsp/15 ml Watkins Chicken Soup Base
1/2 tsp/2.5 ml Watkins Garlic Granules
1/2 tsp/2.5 ml Watkins Thyme
1-1/2 cups/375 ml boiling water
1-1/2 cups/375 ml uncooked long-grain white rice
1 can (15 oz/425 ml) stewed tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, diced

Brown sausage in large kettle or Dutch oven; drain off any excess grease. Add ham and onions to pan; cook and stir 3 minutes. Add Calypso Sauce and all of the remaining ingredients except green pepper. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes. Stir in green pepper* and continue to simmer 5 to 8 minutes longer or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Fluff with fork before serving.
Makes 8 servings.

Note from Watkins Kitchen: If desired, 4 oz/113 g cooked, peeled, and deveined shrimp can be added along with the green pepper.

No comments: