Chefs' Recipes

El Niño

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for El Niño by Elvis Abrahanowicz and Ben Milgate.
El Niño

El Niño

Anson Smart
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Ingredients

Coriander salt
Jalapeño sauce

Method

Main

1.For coriander salt, place coriander stems between 2 dry disposable kitchen cloths and store in a warm dry place (on top of your oven) overnight, or until dry and crisp. Once dry, put in a mortar with the salt and pound to a fine powder with a pestle. Store in an airtight container.
2.For the jalapeño sauce, add the Tabasco and the same amount of water to a blender and blitz with the coriander leaves. Fine strain then store in a container in the fridge for up to a month.
3.Wet half the rim of a cocktail glass using a lime wedge and dip it into the coriander salt to coat. Add remaining ingredients and 1 tsp of the jalapeño sauce to a shaker with ice. Shake hard and fast, then fine strain into your salt-rimmed cocktail glass.

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