Sweet Heat Round Up

I was so delighted with the response to the first Sweet Heat Challenge. I have to admit when I hit the 'Publish' button for the post announcing Sweet Heat I was a little nervous....what if nobody else shared my love and possible addiction to chillies?! I was also a little concerned as there are a lot of other fantastic monthly blogger challenges happening just now so it can get a little overwhelming trying to participate in them all! As it turned out though I had nothing to worry about and I can happily say Sweet Heat's Launch was a success! Turns out there are plenty of you out there that like a little bit of spice in your life and are up for a new challenge.

So without further ado here is the roundup of Sweet Heats first challenge featuring condiments with a kick.....

 

First up is Michelle from Food, Football and a Baby who made this delicious looking Spicy Green Tomato Chutney......

Next, Susan from Susan Eats London made this amazing tongue-tingling fiery Panamanian Hot Sauce.......

From 41Feasts, Nicola made this fantastic, finger-licking BBQ Chipotle Sauce..….

My contribution was my deliciously sweet and spicy Tomato & Chilli Jam........

Emma from Soupier raised the bar by using Scotch Bonnet Chillies in her definitely spicy Scotch Bonnet Chilli Caramel (or Jelly)....

And Janice from Farmersgirl made a sweet and fabulously fruity Pineapple Chilli Jam.......

Next up and new blogger Matthew from Salty Plums continued with the fruity theme and made this wonderful looking Spicy Crab Apple Jelly........

And last but certainly no means least, Claire from War And A Fancy Piece made a favourite of mine, her version of a classic Moroccan side dish, Zalouk......

Thank you to everyone that participated – you all made such fantastic condiments for this challenge and I was so delighted to have you on board and insprired by your amazing recipes. Which brings me to announcing the winner of this months challenge!

As mentioned in the original post introducing Sweet Heat, to celebrate the launch, one lucky entry would win a spicy little prize. I have to say straight away that it was really difficult to pick just one as I honestly loved all of the entries and plan on trying them all, but I had to be fair and stick to just one post so this months winner is …..... (drum roll please!)...... Emma from Souperior with her Scotch Bonnet Chilli Caramel (or Jelly).  Congratulations Emma! On it's way to you is a copy of The Hot Book of Chillies by David Floyd  - a lovely book with all the information on chillies you could ever want as well as some fantastic recipes and sources for where you can buy some amazing chilli products – I hope you enjoy it!

I'll be posting next months challenge on November 1^st so keep your eyes open for that...all I can say is it is particularly suitable for this time of year.......can you guess?!