As a lover of fresh salads and homemade dressing my wife bought me a handful of fresh peppers to add to a zesty salad. Just that the peppers were way too hot as a colorful addition to a nice salad! Since no food will go to waste I had to come up with another plan for the peppers. Why not make my own hot sauce? I looked up how the world famous Tabasco Hot Sauce is being made and figured from there how to go about making my own version.
Step 1:
For my recipe I used:
200 g. (7 oz.) hot peppers
250 ml. (1 cup) White Vinegar (5%)
1 1/2 table spoons of Himalayan Salt. As an alternative you can use sea salt.
Step 3:
Remove blemishes, chop the peppers roughly with a nife and place the peppers (with the stems removed) in a blender and chop them to small pieces.
Step 5:
Put the chopped peppers into a small pan on the stove, add the vinegar and turn the heat to medium-high. bring the sauce to a boil and stir continuously while making sure that nothing sticks to the pan, reduce the heat to low and continue cooking the sauce for a few more minutes. Caution: The steam might irritate your lungs and nose - ventilate your kitchen well.
Step 2:
Remove the stems.
Rinse the peppers thoroughly.
Caution: Be careful when handling hot peppers as they might irritate your skin. You might wear disposable gloves and wash your hands thoroughly after being done.
Step 4:
Add the salt into the blender and continue chopping the peppers.
Step 6:
Pour the sauce in an airtight glas container (avoid using plastic containers) with a funnel.
Refrigerate the sauce for about 2 weeks allowing the sauce to develop its consistency and flavor .
This is the first part of my legacy in making hot sauce. I will be back on this subject in about 2 weeks with more updates. We will be looking at the Steps 7 and 8 which will deal with the finishing procedures like straining and final bottling of the sauce. Cheers, André
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Jennanigans (Sunday, 06 January 2019 18:38)
Looks and sounds DELICIOUSLY HOT! Can’t wait to try your recipe. Thanks for sharing.