Steenbergs Chipotle Flakes

Steenbergs Chipotle Flakes are crushed dried Chipotle chillis. They are also known as smoked jalapeños. These chillies when whole are coffee coloured and look wrinkled and leathery. Chipotle have a mild heat, a toasted nuttiness and spicy heat with hints of sweet chocolate. Chipotle flakes have a heat level of around 5/10, equivalent 2500-5000 Scoville heat units.

Great to add a smoky richness to anything wet – soups, salsas, guacamole. Add to vegetarian or vegan stews for a smoky flavour.

Axel’s Tasting Notes: Smoky, nutty, slightly bitter with a decent heat.

How they get their smokiness: To make dry chilpotle chillis, the fresh chillies are dried in a closed smoking chamber. A wood fire is made in the firebox and smoke enters the chamber. It takes three days for the moisture levels to be brought down to 10% and to infuse the jalapeño with the smoky flavour. Roughly, 100kg of fresh chillies gives 10 – 20 kg of dried chilli chilpotle spice.

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