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Garlic in hot sauce

Garlic adds to teh taste too much and you ruin your sauce.
uh, whut?:rofl: I think this might be considered a "personal preference" kind of thing...I LOVE garlic. I love garlic in hot sauce and in salsa and in all kinds of food and in my tummy. :woohoo: That said, I agree that raw garlic cloves can be very strong and a dominant flavor - that's why I chose to use roasted garlic, as it tends to bring that sweetness out and mellows the flavor a bit. And I use absolutely heaps of it and haven't had anyone comment that it ruined my sauces. :cheers: Also look to major brands like Sriracha for another example - that's a sweet-hot garlic pepper sauce and they do quite well with it. But to the original question, "does it make sauce hotter" - the answer would be no. Garlic adds a flavor, but it is not "hot" like a pepper - it contains no capsaicin. So adding garlic is purely adding a "note" of flavor, not adding more heat. It will neither temper nor enhance the heat of your sauce, but one could argue that having more savory flavors in a sauce makes people want to go back and eat more despite the heat. Best way to confirm all this is to try it out! Good luck experimenting! :cheers:
 
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garlic is a pungent flavor similar toblack,pepper,ginger,horseradish... It wont add heat,but tthe pungency mightfeel,like anelevated heat. sorryfor typos... new techttoy....
 
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