Fine Food Digest Volum 16 Issue 9 | Page 33

product focus Bad Boy Chilli’s new chilli mashes are made from fresh chillies, preserved, then blended into a smooth, rich mash ready to add instant heat and flavour to dishes. They come in six varieties - Scotch Bonnet, Birds Eye, Habanero, Naga, Scorpion and Kernow Gold – and have ‘Made in Cornwall’ status. RRP £3.50 for a 41g jar. www.badboychilli.co.uk sauces & ingredients Spencer Richards is bringing some American BBQ tradition to the UK with a line of BBQ rubs that takes in US flavours for livening up pulled pork, ribs, beef brisket and chicken. Launched in April, the BBQ Essentials range (RRP £2.99, 100g) comprises mild ’n’ sweet, smoky, spicy & smoky, spicy, and the sugar free Skinny Pig. www.bbqessentials.co.uk OMacsween’s new whisky cream sauce is said to be perfect to pour over haggis as well as other meats like chicken and steak. www.macsween.co.uk OThe Fresh Pasta Importer Valentine Foods has launched Biagi - an organic Italian range of products that are grown and produced on the Biagi family estate in Tuscany. The range - which takes in pasta sauces, stir through sauces and six varieties of pestos - is listed in Tree of Life’s May catalogue and on sale in Booths. Company has relaunched its pasta and sauces under a new brand name – Mattarello (which means rolling pin in Italian). www.thefreshpastacompany.com OThe Garden Pantry www.teapeople.co.uk One definitive spice paste that can be used in a range of recipes is an attractive proposition for home cooks. This is the thinking behing Maa’s debut product – “a paste for every taste” made from fresh green chillis, garlic, ginger and dried spices. It comes in a 100g pot (RRP £3.50). www.indianspicefusion.co.uk Cooks&Co’s new mixed forest mushroom grinder provides a convenient way to add an intense mushroom flavour to dishes without having to soak or prepare dried mushrooms in advance. The 19g grinder is available to the trade via RH Amar (RRP £3.49). There’s more to Mexican food than fajitas, and retailers looking for authentic Mexican products should check out Laterra Artisan Harvest’s cooking sauces and marinades. These have just arrived in the UK, via Mexican food importer MexImport, and include Mi