There are as many variations of this chunky soup as there are kitchens in Jamaica. You may want to add more or less hot pepper sauce depending on your tolerance.
Cooked with garlic and hot pepper flakes, this vegetarian rapini dish will surely please at the dinner table. Serve as an appetizer or side dish to complement your main course meal.
This sauce has a bit of heat to it. For those who prefer things mild, decrease the hot pepper flakes to 1/4 tsp. Serve with pasta to soak up the piquant sauce.
Round out the meal with a sweet pepper slaw and new potatoes, and a peach and blueberry crisp for dessert. If serving kids, reduce the hot pepper sauce to 1/2 tsp (2 mL).
Assertive yet pleasant, rapini looks like thin broccoli with clusters of buds. When cooked and then tossed with garlic, it becomes a truly flavourful dish. You can add more hot pepper flakes to taste.
Use ripe tomatoes for this soup. At this time of year, hot-house tomatoes are your best bet – the small, sweet "cocktail tomatoes" have good flavour. Adjust the number of hot peppers to your taste.
One of the best stews yet, this is a Macedonian dish. The hot pepper adds a lovely contrasting zip to the mild flavour of lamb and rice. Serve it with crusty bread and a salad.
A simple mix of olive oil, garlic, hot pepper flakes and oregano makes for a light, zesty - and speedy -springtime pasta sauce. Make sure to snap off and discard the woody ends of the asparagus stalks.
Stewing beef gives rich flavour to this slowly cooked sauce. Small pieces braise in an hour, while larger chunks can simmer longer in a slow-cooker. Serve with penne or rigatoni, hot pepper flakes and rapini.
