I made the first chili for the Halloween party we threw last weekend. It was a recipe submitted by Annalouise and is a Jamie Oliver concoction.
I used all fresh tomatoes (aside from the sundried ones) and I am very glad I did, the final product had a WONDERFUL taste without the processed salty 'tang'. The cinnamon stick, which I have never had in chili, added a certain sweetness to the dish and rounded out the tangyness of the tomatoes.
As it was cooking and before the beans were added I was a little concerned because it looked more like a spaghetti sauce than a chili. But once the beans were added it thickened the whole thing up.
One thing I will say is that I would have liked to have more meat in it and maybe another vegetable to add some 'crispness' and variety to the texture.
All in all it was a success, every party guest who tried it liked it! Furthermore when I took it out of the fridge a couple of days later and reheated some it tasted even better!!!! The flavours obviously had time to mingle :)
Thank you Annalouise for your entry, I will use this recipe again in the future :)
Next chili is a quorn based chili. Looking forward to trying that :D
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