I tried an interesting sauce last night. It's called Chocolate Habanero Sauce by Pepper Palace (of Gatlinburg, TN). I have grown chocolate habs myself, and they are an interesting pepper, but this is the first actual choc. hab. sauce I have tried.
Some may not like this sauce because it is vinegar based, but don't let that stop you from trying this sauce. While vinegar and water are the 2 ingredients listed first, it is not anything like Tobasco, i.e. it is not overwhelmingly vinegary.
The difference in flavor between a habanero and a chocolate habanero becomes immediately apparent when you taste this sauce. It's hard to describe, but the chocolate habs in the sauce give it a darker, richer flavor. I think this sauce would go well on steak or chicken, though I'm not sure it would work with seafood, because it is strongly flavored. The heat level is about a 7 on a scale of 1-10. Good heat, but won't fry your tastebuds. It's at about the same heat level as Matouk's Flambeau Sauce...not too hot, not too cool. Great sauce for pepper heads.
I will buy this sauce again.
Bon Apetit.
Josh
Some may not like this sauce because it is vinegar based, but don't let that stop you from trying this sauce. While vinegar and water are the 2 ingredients listed first, it is not anything like Tobasco, i.e. it is not overwhelmingly vinegary.
The difference in flavor between a habanero and a chocolate habanero becomes immediately apparent when you taste this sauce. It's hard to describe, but the chocolate habs in the sauce give it a darker, richer flavor. I think this sauce would go well on steak or chicken, though I'm not sure it would work with seafood, because it is strongly flavored. The heat level is about a 7 on a scale of 1-10. Good heat, but won't fry your tastebuds. It's at about the same heat level as Matouk's Flambeau Sauce...not too hot, not too cool. Great sauce for pepper heads.
I will buy this sauce again.
Bon Apetit.
Josh