Hi, I'm a fan of hot sauce and recently thought to take the plunge with fermenting as it seemed like an interesting process to experiment with; i tried 2 different processes to see which works out.
I made up 2 batches yesterday and i fear they are both inactive; both are made using chillis bought from the produce markets from a commercial grower and I'm concerned the chillis have been processed to remove bacteria.
both batches in a jar with an airlock on top
batch 1 process is in brine.
360g chillis. - mix of orange habanero and green jalapeno chopped up
8 gram salt made into a brine with filtered water
3 cloves
2 star anise
2 tea spoons of mustard seed
batch 2 process is a mash made in a food processor
600g Jalapenos (green)
400g Habanero
250g onion
150g garlic
40 gram salt
all placed in a blender and blitzed.
I'm in Brisbane, Australia and it is currently winter, but it only gets down to 10c (50F) and up to 22c (71F) during the day.
How long should i wait to see activity?
If not active, can I add something to kick them along?
Can i save it and just make some sort of cooked sauce.
do i toss the lot and start again, maybe with some starter?
tried to upload photos but couldn't find a way to upload (total newbie) so link to Google images
https://goo.gl/photos/9AcVFR2eNuo7Gxvm7
thanks for your help.
DeeMonDaze
I made up 2 batches yesterday and i fear they are both inactive; both are made using chillis bought from the produce markets from a commercial grower and I'm concerned the chillis have been processed to remove bacteria.
both batches in a jar with an airlock on top
batch 1 process is in brine.
360g chillis. - mix of orange habanero and green jalapeno chopped up
8 gram salt made into a brine with filtered water
3 cloves
2 star anise
2 tea spoons of mustard seed
batch 2 process is a mash made in a food processor
600g Jalapenos (green)
400g Habanero
250g onion
150g garlic
40 gram salt
all placed in a blender and blitzed.
I'm in Brisbane, Australia and it is currently winter, but it only gets down to 10c (50F) and up to 22c (71F) during the day.
How long should i wait to see activity?
If not active, can I add something to kick them along?
Can i save it and just make some sort of cooked sauce.
do i toss the lot and start again, maybe with some starter?
tried to upload photos but couldn't find a way to upload (total newbie) so link to Google images
https://goo.gl/photos/9AcVFR2eNuo7Gxvm7
thanks for your help.
DeeMonDaze