A Caribbean hot pepper sauce called ‘Norfolk Heatwave’ made with Colman’s English Mustard and locally grown scotch bonnet chillies, is now on sale at the Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum in the Royal Arcade in Norwich.
The sauce is sold exclusively in the city centre at the Colman’s Mustard Shop and a free tasting event will take place on Saturday 9 April between 10am and 3pm.
‘Norfolk Heatwave’ uses a unique blend of Norfolk grown chillies and the infamous local mustard to create an exciting new taste, blending tropical spice with classic, traditional English flavours. The hot pepper sauce boasts a fiery Caribbean flavour and is ideal for use as a condiment, a cooking sauce, a marinade, dips and much more.
The recipe is a family secret, handed down and adapted through generations in Trinidad. It is said that it originates from the days when slaves were given left over or unwanted food by 18th Century Plantation owners, and needed powerful flavours to enhance the taste of their meals.
The manufacturer of the sauce, Glyn Kirpalani of Weybourne in Norfolk said:
“My father taught me how to make it years ago but we only started selling it in 2010 and we are delighted that it has already proved so popular amongst Norfolk folk. We are even more thrilled that the Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum agreed to offer our sauce in the heart of Norwich. It seems so apt that the heritage home of mustard should host a sauce that combines its infamous flavour with a taste of history and heritage from thousands of miles away in Trinidad.”
Glyn Kirpalani has set up a Community Growers scheme, in which he donates hundreds of germinated Scotch Bonnet seedlings to Norfolk residents and businesses with greenhouses, so that they may grow them and sell them back to him for use in the sauce.
The scheme is aiming to cut down on the import of the chillies from Africa by improving the quantity of the peppers grown in the region. 65 germinated seedlings have recently been delivered to Holkham Hall Estate where they will be grown in their 300 year old greenhouses. The eventual plan is to create a batch of the sauce using these chillies, as well as other vegetables from their greenhouses.
‘Norfolk Heatwave’ is one of the first products to be available on the Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum’s new website.
http://www.mustardshopnorwich.co.uk features a brand new online shop, offering 180 products, ranging from Colman’s memorabilia to locally made dressings and dips, with worldwide delivery available. The online shop also includes products exclusive to the Colman’s Mustard Shop in Norwich such as collectors mustard pots and a range of wholegrain mustards and mustard powders.
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About Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum
The Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum was opened in 1973 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Colman’s, with premises on Bridewell Alley. It moved to the historic art nouveau Royal Arcade in 1999, where it has been based ever since in a careful replica of Victorian trade premises.
The shop stocks an extensive range of powder and prepared mustards, including a number of specialities made exclusively for the shop. In addition, there are a wide selection of mustard pots and spoons, together with tea towels – not to mention a broad range of Colman’s memorabilia. It also contains many items on loan from the archives, covering all aspects of the history and production of Colman’s mustard.
About Norwich HEART
Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) is a private, charitable trust set up to act as an umbrella organisation for all of the heritage on offer in Norwich. We strategically plan, regenerate, manage and promote Norwich’s heritage and act as a best practice model internationally for developing heritage as a social and economic regeneration vehicle. HEART receives core funding from Norwich City Council and further project funding from a variety of sources which has to date included the European Union, HM Treasury, the East of England Development Agency and Norfolk County Council. HEART took over Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum in August 2009, from previous owners Unilever UK & Ireland.
