Đed Niko Original – mild hot sauce 100 ml

The sauce the brand started with in 2017: Carolina Reaper was the first chilli grown in Podgradci, and after tasting it, grandfather Niko said “and it is not that hot”. Hence the name.

The base is tomato purée, red and white onion, and dried basil from their own growing. Carolina Reaper goes in as powder, because fresh it would carry the seeds that give the heat rather than the aroma that matters in a sauce. The brand makes this sauce at three levels — mild, hot and extremely hot — and the only thing that differs is the amount of powder, not the base or the method.

A note on “mild”

This is the lowest of the three, and it is still made from a variety that held the title of the hottest chilli in the world for several years. If you do not eat hot food, this is not where to start.

What it is for

Meat, burgers, anything red. Burgers are their favourite.

Detail

A 100 ml glass bottle. No artificial colours, aromas or thickeners; apart from chillies, vegetables and herbs, only vinegar, salt and honey. If liquid separates at the top, shake the bottle.