Crunch Has Gone Gourmet: Meet the Olive Oil Chilli Crisp Your Eggs Deserve

Crunch Has Gone Gourmet: Meet the Olive Oil Chilli Crisp Your Eggs Deserve

Some condiments sit quietly in the refrigerator door and wait to be remembered.

Six-Eyed Scorpion Olive Oil Chilli Crisp is not one of them.

This special-edition crispy chilli oil was created with Mount Zero Olives and replaces the ordinary supporting act with 100% Australian extra virgin olive oil. Add fresh Australian shallots, garlic, chilli, shiitake mushroom and aromatic spices, then allow the flavour two days to develop, and you have a jar that makes plain dinners reconsider their career choices.

What Makes This Chilli Crisp Different?

The oil matters.

Extra virgin olive oil brings its own fruity depth and richness to the mixture. Rather than simply carrying the chilli and aromatics, it becomes part of the flavour.

Six-Eyed Scorpion then adds crisp Australian shallots, garlic, gochugaru, fennel, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise and other carefully selected ingredients. The result is layered, savoury and aromatic, with plenty of texture.

It is handmade, chef-developed and created with an appreciation for authentic cultural heritage. This is not simply hot oil with a few mysterious crumbs floating around inside. It is a properly considered condiment.

How Hot Is It?

The heat level is 6 out of 10, described as a mild kick.

There is enough chilli to wake up your tastebuds, but flavour remains firmly in charge. You can appreciate the shallots, garlic, mushrooms, spices and olive oil without needing to keep an emergency glass of milk beside your plate.

Nine Ways to Use Olive Oil Chilli Crisp

1. Rescue Your Breakfast Eggs

Add it to fried, poached or scrambled eggs. Suddenly, Tuesday breakfast has the confidence of a Sunday brunch special.

2. Spoon It Over Dumplings

Chilli crisp and dumplings have the sort of natural chemistry that other food pairings can only discuss in therapy.

3. Upgrade Your Noodles

Swirl it through ramen, soba, rice noodles or instant noodles. Add soy sauce, spring onion and a soft-boiled egg for maximum reward with minimal effort.

4. Give Pizza a Crunchy Finish

Drizzle it over freshly baked pizza. It works beautifully with mushrooms, mozzarella, salami, roasted vegetables and anything involving generous quantities of cheese.

5. Stir It Through Pasta

Use it to finish spaghetti, chilli prawn pasta or a creamy carbonara. The Australian extra virgin olive oil feels particularly at home here.

6. Wake Up Roast Vegetables

Pumpkin, cauliflower, potatoes and broccolini all benefit from a little heat, crunch and aromatic oil.

7. Serve It With Seafood

Spoon it over prawns, grilled fish, calamari or scallops. The savoury chilli flavour adds interest without burying delicate seafood beneath excessive heat.

8. Improve Avocado Toast

Avocado toast is perfectly pleasant. Chilli-crisp avocado toast has somewhere important to be.

9. Make a Fast Dressing

Mix a spoonful with vinegar or citrus juice, a touch of honey and a pinch of salt. Toss it through noodles, salads or roasted vegetables.

Made for Home Cooks and Professional Kitchens

Home cooks can use it to turn simple food into something worth talking about. Professional chefs can use it as a finishing condiment, sauce component or textural garnish. Food bloggers receive the rare gift of a product that tastes excellent and looks magnificent in photographs.

The jar is also vegan and coeliac-friendly, with no gluten, nuts or additives. It contains soy and may contain sesame.

Your New Finishing Move

Keep Six-Eyed Scorpion Olive Oil Chilli Crisp beside the stove, on the dining table or in whichever secure location discourages other household members from finishing it.

Spoon it, drizzle it, stir it or quietly eat it directly from the jar while pretending to check the seasoning.

This special edition is available from Petits Trésors, with delivery straight to your door.