ENCONA West Indian Papaya Hot Pepper Sauce is a hot sauce made from habanero and scotch bonnet pepper purée, softened by papaya. It contains mustard. 142 g bottle.
What is this ENCONA sauce?
ENCONA is a British brand born in 1975 in London, under the name Enco Products, to serve the Caribbean community that had arrived in the United Kingdom (the Windrush generation) with the flavours of their home countries. The brand now belongs to Grace Foods UK. This sauce follows a West Indian style recipe: habanero and scotch bonnet pepper purée (36%), papaya concentrate (4%), onion, mustard, with a stabiliser (xanthan gum) and a preservative (potassium sorbate). Its texture is smooth, and its fruity papaya note tempers the heat of the peppers a little, among the hottest commonly used in cooking.
How to use it?
A few drops are enough to enliven a grilled fish, smoked chicken, skewers or rice. It also slips into a yassa or colombo style marinade, or is used as a dip for cod accras, whose Caribbean recipe is on the blog. Add it gradually according to your tolerance for heat.
What to pair it with?
Other Caribbean hot sauces in the catalogue: DAME BESSON créoline sauce or its hot version. For a marinade, Tonton Clément colombo powder. The whole aisle: chillies and hot sauces.
Product information
- Brand: ENCONA (Grace Foods UK), British brand, West Indian style recipe
- Net weight: 142 g bottle
- Ingredients: water, pepper purée (habanero peppers, scotch bonnet peppers, salt, acetic acid) (36%), papaya concentrate (4%), acetic acid, onion, salt, mustard, stabiliser: xanthan gum, modified maize starch, preservative: potassium sorbate
- Allergens: mustard (present in the ingredient list)
- Average nutritional values per 100 mL: energy 96.7 kJ (27 kcal), fat 0.5 g of which saturates 0.1 g, carbohydrates 3.7 g of which sugars 2.8 g, protein 0.9 g, salt 5.1 g
- Storage: away from heat and light before opening; refrigerate after opening
