@gbchefs: INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: shito! Chef Maria Bradford talks us through her homemade condiments which permeate the menu at her Sierra Leonean restaurant Shwen Shwen by Maria in Sevenoaks. It’s an umami-rich chilli sauce with fish in it – either smoked or fried. In Sierra Leone it tends to be fried fish – little tiny fish like herrings which are sold cheaply at the end of the day at the fish markets. You might throw fried prawns in there too, with some chilli, garlic and ginger and some other aromatics. Everything is cooked down for a long time until it reduces into a sort of paste. It then sits on the kitchen table to be eaten with plain rice, or used in cooking. Maria loves using it with lamb at the restaurant because it has an almost anchovy sort of flavour which works so well. Click the link in our bio to find out more! We sat down with Maria to learn more about her, and alongside her full chef profile, Maria shared six delicious recipes with us, including her jollof rice and ox cheek stew. We hope you enjoy trying her recipes and learning more about her life just as much as we did! Find out more via the link in our bio! Sign up to GBC Unlocked to access 1000s of unlimited chef recipes! 👩🍳 #cheftok #chef #sierraleone #westafricanfood #shito
