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Hot Maple Drizzle

North American · 10 min · Easy · 12 portions

Hot Maple Drizzle

Maple syrup infused with chili and a little vinegar until it is sweet, hot and sharp all at once. The vegan answer to hot honey, and it goes on everything.

~70 cal per serving — Calories are approximate, per serving — a guide only.

gluten-freenut-freesoy-freeoil-free
Plan it:

Method

  1. 1

    Warm the syrup

    ⏱ 3 min

    Put the maple syrup in a small saucepan over the lowest heat you can manage. It must not boil; boiled maple turns bitter and thickens into candy.

  2. 2

    Steep the chili

    ⏱ 5 min

    Add the chili flakes and the sliced chili and let it sit at barely a shiver for five minutes, until the syrup smells hot and the flakes have colored it red.

  3. 3

    Sharpen it

    Take it off the heat, stir in the vinegar and a pinch of salt, and let it cool. The vinegar is what stops it being merely sweet.

Notes

Keeps for a month in a jar at room temperature; the heat gets stronger for the first few days. Good on pizza, on fried tofu, and on anything involving cornbread.

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