Entering the homemade hot sauce phase of my midlife spiral into total lameness.
I'm mostly wanting to explore different flavor combos and take more control over heat/consistently than what I'm getting off the shelf or Amazon. Thinking I may expand into fermenting other fruits and vegetables as well.
Anyone else making their own hot sauces and/or fermented foods? [Reply]
30 day ferment on the onion, garlic, habanero and peaches.
Blended much smoother than my last attempt. I made "3" different thicknesses. 1st is the thickest with a small amount of brine added to thin out but nothing else, 2nd was more brine/vinegar added plus 1/8 tsp xanthan gum, 3rd with 1/4 tsp xanthan gum. Xanthan gum gives a smoother texture for sure. This really made a ton once I added brine/vinegar to the mix. Got the two bottles pictured plus a 12 oz jar. Hard to see consistency though in these cheap plastic bottles. Someday I'll upgrade to the clear, I just like the ease of using these.
Heat is medium/hot. A really good garlic taste to the spice, which I love.
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Red jalapeņos, peach, Tamari, and garlic
Finished product.
Really happy with how it turned out. I had read online about peach flavors not really coming through and it being more of an aroma thing, but this has a definite fruitiness that I really enjoyed upon tasting.
Also might be worth noting that I used a combo of ripe and under ripe peaches as I had read where ripe fruits mostly get fermented out and under ripe provides more flavor. So take that FWIW.
I will say that this guy had a very active fermentation, likely from the additional sugars from the peaches. It pushed through my airlock which is one reason why I always leave my fermentation jar in a bucket to catch any potential overflows.
I also went semi-pro on that ass by applying shrink wrap to the one I'm giving my neighbor for use of their peaches.
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Thinking about taking a stab at a crushed red pepper sauce for pizza. Similar to Melinda's which is decent but would like more zing.
I'm going to try making jalapeno poppers this weekend. Question: Do you boil the peppers first to soften them up and cut down the heat, or do you just cut them in half and put them in the oven raw with no pre-boiling? I've seen recipes that do one or the other. Cream cheese spread and bacon wrapped around each pepper half. How do you like to do it? [Reply]
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
I'm going to try making jalapeno poppers this weekend. Question: Do you boil the peppers first to soften them up and cut down the heat, or do you just cut them in half and put them in the oven raw with no pre-boiling? I've seen recipes that do one or the other. Cream cheese spread and bacon wrapped around each pepper half. How do you like to do it?
I go raw peppers. I also like to flavor the cream cheese with at least garlic powder, bbq rub, etc. Even better to mix in something like leftover pulled pork, chopped brisket, crab, shredded cheeses, etc. Really just anything to add an additional layer of flavor as cream cheese is pretty flavorless on its own. I wrap in bacon and then dust with another layer of rub and then sauce half of them with your favorite bbq sauce to give a variety. [Reply]
Originally Posted by gblowfish:
I'm going to try making jalapeno poppers this weekend. Question: Do you boil the peppers first to soften them up and cut down the heat, or do you just cut them in half and put them in the oven raw with no pre-boiling? I've seen recipes that do one or the other. Cream cheese spread and bacon wrapped around each pepper half. How do you like to do it?
Never heard of that. Also never had any issue with the peppers being too firm. I don't see why it would be necessary. You have to cook it long enough and hot enough to cook the bacon. That's more than enough to soften up a jalapeno. [Reply]