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Something to do with my Yellow 7s

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dragon49

I have enough dehydrated pods and plenty more fresh ones on the way, so I decided to make a sauce.
 
I’m a pretty awesome cook!  I threw this together by the seat of my pants.  The result is delicious and hot, but not deadly, with good lingering flavor and heat.  It is a drop mild for my taste, so in the future, I’ll add at least 3 more pods.  For an extreme version, double the pods, and use less pods to introduce your non-chielhead friends to the heat.
 
Ingredients:
 
7 7 Pot Peppers
2 Bananas
8 Ounces of Dried Cranberries
1 Pint of Blueberries
2 Limes
1 Lemon
1 Teaspoon of Hawaiian Sea Salt
1 Tablespoon of Dark Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Red Wine Vinegar
 
Directions:
 
Put in a blender and add water.  Puree for 5 minutes.  Empty contents into a large pot and add water to boil off.  It is important to boil for at least 20 minutes to kill the “nasties.”  I filled the pot with a lot of water and ended up boiling it for 2 hours.  When the solution reached a consistency I was happy with, it was around .8 quarts.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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geeme said:
Very pretty! But you left out a key piece of info - what does it taste like? And what kinds of foods can you see using with it? And are you going to show off your cooking skills in the upcoming Throwdown? You should!
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For a writer, I need to be more descriptive. :)  It basically tastes like all of the ingredients mushed together, with strong citrus flavor, and a slightly delayed (somewhat stingy) kick from the pods.  I'm not normally a huge fan of Banana flavor, but the two large ones that I used gave the final product a normal sauce thickness and consistency.  Some of my past sauces (without Bananas) were basically pastes.  I'll be keeping Bananas as a key ingredient for future sauces.
 
I'm going to add it my my morning eggs, dip Lamb Chops in it and have small spoonfuls of it with dessert chocolate.
 
I'll keep and eye on the throwdown sub-forum and try to participate—Ty for the invite.
 
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I used the same recipe again, except, this time I added 5.8. grams of dried Yellow 7s and boiled the solution longer, creating more of a jam than a sauce.  I wanted to add more fresh pods, but the 7 I have will be rotten by the time that more ripen.  I also bought proper glass jars with metal lids.  I was able to fill 2 16 ounce jars with the hot jam.
 
As expected, it has the exact flavor.  It is hotter, but only a little hotter.  I need to do this again with MORE PODS!
 
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JohnsMyName said:
Neat idea. Blueberries have a lot of pectin and get very thick when cooked, if you want thinner consistency cut back on them.
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Thanks, but I like the consistency.  I think the bananas add to the thickness as well.  This is much more like a hot jam than a hot sauce.
 
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