Pepper sauce

Pretani

anyone know how to make chip shop pepper sauce? what gives the slight tart flavour?

Bronnie

Never heard of it? What is it like? What do they put it on in the chippy?

Pretani

It's actually a thick creamy pepper gravy with a slight tangy taste, but here in N.I they call it pepper sauce and serve in tubs, along with gravy, curry, etc.

suki1964

KNORR ready made is the brand we use. Very very popular

Pretani

I would like to bump this thread up since I've managed to make this sauce to a reasonably good standard. If anyone else would like to post their recipes or suggestions for the sauce, fire away;). Anyway here goes my recipe, which isn't precisely measured as i'm making it in bulk to freeze:

Heat 1 tablespoon of crushed black pepper in olive oil in a sauce pan.
Add 5 pints of water to the sauce pan
Add 5 Knorr beef stock pots
Add 2 tablespoons of whole green peppercorns in brine (crush in mortle&pestle)
Add 1 teaspoon of ground white pepper (add more if it's not hot enough)
Thicken sauce with bisto beef gravy granules
Add some malt vinegar to taste (don't add too much)
Add 1 tub of Elmlea double cream (2 tubs if you like it extra creamy)
Simmer for 10 mins.

If you prefer to add Crème fraîche instead of Elmlea, you'll not need to add the malt vinegar.:D