Red Chilli Mayonnaise

This delicious sauce is so sophisticated in flavour that it is embarrassing to admit it is based on shop-bought mayonnaise - though do make your own if you have free-range eggs available to you.

Spread this warmly spiced, earthy sauce on crusty bread sandwiches filled with roast, smoked or barbecued meat or poultry, or as a sauce for chilli-marinated swordfish that you’ve grilled and served on a bed of vinaigrette-dressed mixed greens. Or serve as a sauce dabbed on to marinated praw