Jimmy Bannos cooks cajun style out of his Chicago restaurant Heaven on Seven. There are two ingredients in particular that stand out in Jimmy’s cooking- butter and hot peppers, and more is more by his books. Except when it comes to too much heat, because there certainly can never be enough butter. Jimmy’s trick for keeping more of the hot pepper flavour with less of the consequential heat- cut away the white mebrane as well as the seeds. What most people don’t know is that more of the heat comes from the membrane than the seeds, says Mr Bannos. Oh and don’t forget to wash your hands with lots of soap before touching skin or going to the bathroom. Ouch!
