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Pour HONEY The vinegary kick in hot sauce cuts through the intense sweetness of honey, adding it on a nice tanginess. Plus, it thins honey so it can be easily spooned over pretty much YOU’LL WANT TO anything. You can also stir it into a barbecue glaze, a grilling marinade, a salad dressing, DRIZZLE THIS SPICY a crudité dip, a sandwich spread, almond butter, or your evening cocktail. SYRUP OVER EVERYTHING. ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS (HELLO, WAFFLES!), TRY IT ON THESE SURPRISES:  SCRAMBLED EGGS

  AVOCADO TOAST Grilled Spicy  KALE SALAD Teriyaki Salmon  CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH Power couples DIFFERENT TYPES OF HONEY TASTE ESPECIALLY GREAT WITH VARYING  GAZPACHO HOT SAUCE STYLES. THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE MATCHES. OF  GRILLED PORK COURSE, YOU CAN EXPERIMENT WITH WHATEVER IS AT THE MARKET. CHOPS BUCKWHEAT HONEY + SAUCE  CHOCOLATE CLOVER HONEY + SAUCE SORBET ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY + TUPELO HONEY + SAUCE COLOR COUNTS WILDFLOWER HONEY + HARISSA The brighter the chile flakes, the fresher they are. So go for the poppiest shade you can find. Maple syrup is START SMALL Hot sauce ranges from mild to graded by color. Grade A is lighter, with mind-blowingly hot. When mixing the two, start with a delicate sweetness, while grade B 1 part hot sauce to 10 parts honey. Taste and add is darker and more intense and robust. more heat bit by bit until you’re happy with the balance.

196 JULY/AUGUST 2017 SHAPE.COM SHAPE.COM JULY/AUGUST 2017 197 Ground chiles DRIED FRUIT When chiles are dried and ground, they pack even more heat. Dried fruit, which is supersweet and chewy when it’s dehydrated, stands up well to that Dried Eat’em concentrated fire and brings out the fruity notes of the chiles. The range of flavors in dried fruit—from winey raisins to candy-like all day dates—makes for delicious meals and desserts. BREAKFAST: chiles SPRINKLE CAY- ENNE, SNIPPED DRIED FIGS, AND PISTACHIOS OVER YOGURT. LUNCH: WHISK SMOKED HOT FRESH AND CURRANTS INTO A SALAD FRUIT VINAIGRETTE. When whole chiles SNACK: SCATTER are dried, they HOT HUNGARIAN develop a richness Strawberry, PAPRIKA AND and a depth that Mango, SLICED DATES OVER bring out a fruity and Wax SWEET POTATO sweetness. As Bean Salad WEDGES. With Chile payback, the fruit Vinaigrette DINNER: SIMMER brightens the chiles’  GROUND ANCHO earthy intensity. CHILES AND RAI- Tart-sweet fruits SINS WITH GROUND like pineapples, BEEF, ONIONS, raspberries, AND TOMATOES. apricots, and plums work well with DESSERT: MIX extra-hot chiles CAYENNE AND like chiles de árbol, CHOPPED DRIED while sweeter MANGOES options like melons, INTO A CHERRY mangoes, peaches, PIE FILLING. and apples go with  THROW WHOLE DRIED LITTLE CHILES INTO A STIR-FRY OR SAUTÉ OF mellower choices PINEAPPLE-SHRIMP OR PLUM-PORK. like ancho chiles.  DICE MILD, FRUITY ONES (SEE THE CHILE CHART ON PAGE 200 FOR THE KEEP IT  New BEST MILD, MEDIUM, AND HOT VARIETIES) WITH MANGOES AND Cranberry-Paprika SHALLOTS FOR A MORE FLAVORFUL . FRESH Grilled Chicken With Summer twists Ground chiles Squash and Avocado  PUREE MEDIUM-HOT CHILES WITH RIPE PEACHES FOR A SHRIMP can go stale on the COCKTAIL DIPPING SAUCE. after a few two  SCATTER SLIVERED MILD VERSIONS AND LIME OVER WATERMELON. years, so buy  SIMMER CRUMBLED MILD CHILES WITH BERRIES OR NECTARINES AND small jars. SUGAR FOR A SPICY JAM. Store them away from heat and light to preserve PREP TIP Small chiles can be used dry, but big ones should be soaked liveliness. whole in very hot water first. Once tender, remove the stems.

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These hot Hot Hungarian things pair paprika medium heat with a especially Dried chiles sweet pepper taste well with Anchos wrinkly, stout, dark brown, the sweet and mild with a dried-fruit and Hot smoked tomato-like sweetness paprika (pimenton) stuff. We medium heat suggest Chiles de árbol small, thin-skinned, with a wood- you keep and red with a sharp, strong heat fired depth Guajillos smooth, brick red, and long a stash with a versatile medium heat Hot sauce on hand at Sriracha garlicky Noras crimson balls with a fruity heat that squirts like ketchup all times. mildness and juicy flesh (after you soak them) Mina Harissa aromatic mild to hot tomato-sauce-like spread wrinkly, red-brown, and mild with a grassy sweetness Lottie’s Traditional Barbados Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce hot with and a kick

Rancho Gordo Felicidad Chipotle Sauce smoky medium heat with richness from pumpkin seeds

Tabasco sharp and hot workhorse with a liquid consistency

GET THE RECIPES Scan here for the easy Fresh chiles Bottled beauties instructions Habaneros round dark Scotch bonnets Thai thin and These ready-made options strike just the to make the and thin- green, heart- wrinkly little small, green right balance between sweet and heat. dishes on skinned, shaped, and bulbs with or red, and these pages. scorching big with a a good superhot with heat with fruity mildness amount of a little tang This classic Korean chile paste gets natural sweetness from glutinous rice and fermented soybeans. hints of spiced heat o k A d Stir it into marinades, sauces, and stews. o va tropical fruit Red fingers long, -C n e t tapered, and Serranos green a m Mike’s Hot Honey It’s infused with chile and balanced with g o Jalapeños green glossy red and perky e vinegar for a sauce that’s ideal for drizzling. or red, thick- with medium with a bright, H skinned, and heat and sharp, mild with a bell tomato flavor medium heat Trees Knees Spicy Maple Made with a mix of chiles, this blend is pepper scent notes as good roasted with vegetables as it is grilled with chicken.

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