Stocks & Sauces

Sauce in small, round ceramic bowl viewed from directly above. Vibrant green and chopped texture, silver spoon placed inside. Dark tea towel below, mashed potato above right, haggis above left.
Recipes, Stocks & Sauces

Tarragon & caper sauce

Cooks in 10 minutes Difficulty Easy

A bright green, vibrant sauce created as a leftfield addition to a plate of haggis, neeps and tatties. For those seeking an alternative to the conventional whiskey sauce, your search ends here!

Bird's eye view of sliced steak, chips and salad on a plate dressed with chimichurri.
Stocks & Sauces

Chimichurri recipe

Cooks in 20 minutes Difficulty Easy

Particularly celebrated in Argentinian cuisine, a chimichurri sauce is bright with herbs, chilli and acidity. It is the perfect foil for barbecued meats.

A small pot of Melissa Thompson's hot pepper sauce the recipe was originally printed in her book Motherland: A Jamaican Cookbook
Stocks & Sauces

Ultimate hot sauce recipe

Hot sauce is a permanent fixture at the Jamaican jerk pits spread across the island. My ultimate hot sauce recipe, featuring Scotch bonnets, which are abundant in Jamaica – their fruity, hot flavour is never far from a plate.

Melissa Thompson's jerk chicken gravy made in a saucepan.
Stocks & Sauces

Jerk gravy recipe

This jerk chicken gravy recipe is a nod to both my Jamaican and British roots. You don’t really get jerk gravy in Jamaica; jerk is more likely to be accompanied by ultimate hot sauce recipe, ketchup or a sort of barbecue sauce.