Pear Sauce Time!

JohnsMyName · Nov 19, 2015

So once again I'm bored and impatient waiting for my current ferments, so it's hot sauce time!

I've decided to go the Pear route today. I'm thinking I'll roast onion, carrot, sweet potato and garlic, then add fresh pears and real pear juice.

As for peppers, into the freezer I go...

Any suggestions while I get to cutting everything up? Probably won't put to heat for another hour or so. I'll update as I go.

pepperguy1 · Nov 19, 2015

You got a good start there. :think:

JohnsMyName · Nov 19, 2015

Thanks pepper guy!

I'm trying to decide if I want to add and spices?

Veggies are in the oven now. Cut up the pears and realized they'd go brown on me, so I poured the pear juice over them and sealed with plastic wrap.

I would rather go the non Chinense route pepper wise, but I'm saving those for other projects. Maybe Jigsaw or Primo or both!?

SmokenFire · Nov 19, 2015

Primos & pears has a nice ring to it...

JohnsMyName · Nov 19, 2015

Well that settles it, I WILL ABIDE, Primos it is!!!

Veggies are done, time to commence saucing!

Veggies into the pot.

Pears into the pot, plus 4 deseeded Primo pods (probably will add more).

Now 45 min on stove.

tctenten · Nov 19, 2015

Pretty tasty combo there. Nice start.

JohnsMyName · Nov 19, 2015

Motor boated for 5 min, then food milled with fine screen, then cooked 30 min more and motor boated a final time.

Now I'll let it cool, taste adjust, and let sit for a week to settle and change.

salsalady · Nov 19, 2015

Nice looking and sounding!

After the week of settling will you HFH or keep it refer'ed?

dragonsfire · Nov 19, 2015

Pears would be nice

JohnsMyName · Nov 19, 2015

SL - What is HFH? Excuse my ignorance, I'm still a CHIT, Chili Head In Training!

DF - Thanks brother, I was enjoying one the other day and wanted to sprinkle dried chili on it and thought, "hey that'd be nice"!

ETA: Ohhhhh "Hot Fill H..."?

I will be bottling into 5 oz woozies and making labels. Honestly I think the labels are my favorite part! Sometimes I need to hold my self back and not put the cart before the horse getting creative haha!

salsalady · Nov 20, 2015

yes, Hot Fill Hold (have you made it to the Making Hot Sauce 101 thread yet?) It is easy to get carried away making labels and coming up with sauce names.

DF- fruit sprinkled with chili powder is YUMMY! Scoville Deville did some watermelon sprinkled with regular ol' chili powder and a squeeze of fresh lime for a picnic. MMMMMmmmm!

JohnsMyName · Nov 20, 2015

salsalady said:
yes, Hot Fill Hold (have you made it to the Making Hot Sauce 101 thread yet?) It is easy to get carried away making labels and coming up with sauce names.

Yes Madam Salsa, read it front to back! I've processed quite a few sauces at this point, just don't have all the lingo down yet!

jblo · Nov 20, 2015

Pears make an awesome base for hot sauce. They make the smoooooothest sauce and have a light flavor and sweetness that plays well with just about anything.

JohnsMyName · Nov 20, 2015

After tasting this one (my first foray into pears) I agree with that 100%.

It's actually so light it almost seems like it's missing something. Need to let it sit for a week or two then test it. I'm thinking a little salt and an herb to give it complexity. It's very good, but a little one note at the moment.

oldsalty · Nov 21, 2015

John give it time to age the flavors will settle in and you'll get the full flavor profile. Sounds amazing. Hey using your jerk sauce today!!

JohnsMyName · Nov 21, 2015

Shorerider · Nov 21, 2015

Very nice looking sauce John, I'll have to give Pear a try in one of my future sauces.

SR.

JohnsMyName · Nov 21, 2015

Thanks SR!

JohnsMyName · Nov 27, 2015

Need to change the thread topic to "Pear Sauce Thyme!"

The sauce has changed very nicely over the past 8 days. While delicious it was a little one note as I said earlier. A few days ago I added some salt and a couple of tbsp of dried thyme and let it sit. Just tried it and WOW! Just what it needed.