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My first stab at a proper sauce, Mango Pineapple Fatalii!

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Based (actually almost exactly the same except proportions) on a recipe I found on youtube. Turned out great! Although next time I will have to stick to my plant of using 1/4 cup vinegar (instead of 1/2cup), 1 tsp of sugar (instead of 1 tbsp), and 1/2 tsp salt (instead of 1 tsp). The flavor was the best freshly pureed, I wonder if there is a way to reduce PH without using too much or may no vinegar???
 
I did a small write up on my glog here, but here are the pics!
 
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Sauce looks great.  Love the look of the bits of cilantro suspended in the sauce.
 
As for reducing PH.  You really won't know how much or how little acid to use without having a PH meter to test with.  Having said that, with the amounts of  ingredients you used, it may have been acidic enough with just the pineapple.  You can add any acid (well safe acid ;) ) you want to get the PH down.  I, myself, like vinegar, so I don't have a problem using it, but you can always use citrus juices like lemon, lime or pineapple juice.  The pineapple juice would have probably been the perfect acidifier for this recipe since you were using pineapple fruit anyway.
 
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Congrats, that does look delicious.
In terms of acidity you could use citric acid or lemon juice. Also, if your going to use it yourself instead of selling it, you could just leave it alone. Sauce does not have to have a low ph if its kept refrigerated. Flavor is not as nice as if it were left at room temp, but its still very good. Its not a absolute must to lower its ph, unless you want to preserve it for much longer, or you want to sell commercially.
 
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Looks very good!  You can change the proportions however you want if you aren't "bottling" and and are instead storing it in the fridge.  If you are planning on bottling it to share or just to keep longer you need to maintain a safe ph which requires either following a proven recipe or using a ph meter.
 
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Thanks for the advice guys!! Man, I wish I knew about the PH bit before I added the vinegar! Always assumed it was a necessity. Well now I know so next time it'll taste even better.
 
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Nice looking sauce.  Just planted the seed in my mind to just make it one bottle at a time until I get the recipe where I want it.  Then I will worry about ph.
 
Just need to take killer notes.
 
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