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Straight-up Habanero Louisiana style hot sauce

nice.chili

nice.chili

A quiet Saturday afternoon, so thought to bottle up a sauce that's been fermenting for a while (read: I need to make some space available in my fermenting cupboard... ;) ).
 
Ingredients:
  • 630 g Habanero chillies
  • 300 g water
  • 14.5 g salt
  • 400 g Chardonnay white wine vinegar
 
Process dates:
  • Start ferment date: 21 Dec 2016
  • Vinegar add date: 18 Dec 2017
  • Bottle date: 23 Jun 2018
 
Acidity levels:
  • Ferment start: 4.7
  • Vinegar addition (pre): 3.5
  • Vinegar addition (post): 3.3
  • Bottling: 3.3
 
Comments:
  • 22x 50 mL bottles
  • Tastes very good indeed! (a small case of the hot hiccups :cool: )
 
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I get the bottles from a retail supplier out of Germany. For those interested they're of the type "Geradhalsflasche", with what appears to be a fairly standard cap size. So then it's a matter of 'what type of cap?'. (Beyond this, DM me and I can provide the supplier details - no affiliation.)
 
The consistency of the sauce is just a little thicker than say Tabasco sauce. So ideally I'd like to be able to find a dosing plug, if use for a larger bottle, but unavailable. BTW - what are these "dosing plugs" actually called?
On the other hand, the taste is nice and mellow. Of course with heat, but once on food, a little extra is just perfect. Quiche lorraine is just perfect.
 
The small bottle size also suits my purposes of giving away to friends, etc.
 
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nice.chili said:
I get the bottles from a retail supplier out of Germany. For those interested they're of the type "Geradhalsflasche", with what appears to be a fairly standard cap size. So then it's a matter of 'what type of cap?'. (Beyond this, DM me and I can provide the supplier details - no affiliation.)
 
The consistency of the sauce is just a little thicker than say Tabasco sauce. So ideally I'd like to be able to find a dosing plug, if use for a larger bottle, but unavailable. BTW - what are these "dosing plugs" actually called?
On the other hand, the taste is nice and mellow. Of course with heat, but once on food, a little extra is just perfect. Quiche lorraine is just perfect.
 
The small bottle size also suits my purposes of giving away to friends, etc.
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Those are called Orifice Reducers.  :)
 
Stateside we normally use 5oz "woozys" (hot sauce bottles).  There are plastic caps available in multiple colors but I've not seen the metal ones you are using.
 
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5 oz woozy bottle, with orifice reducer - I wish I could find something similar at this end... And I have looked... Alas...
Thank you for the clarification regarding the reducer terminology! The people at this end are missing out.
 
(The bottles I use seem to be more used for small quantities of home schnapps, or similar, which is quite a common past time, at least in Germany. However, perfect for small quantities of hot sauce!)
 
 
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You must match the size of the neck but also orifice reducers come in two hole sizes, I prefer the larger. Less of a pinhole.
 
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Sounds like a good sauce but just an FYI: "Louisiana style" pretty much means a Cayenne (plus salt and vinegar, nothing else) sauce. Habanero is not Louisiana style.
 
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jhc said:
Sounds like a good sauce but just an FYI: "Louisiana style" pretty much means a Cayenne (plus salt and vinegar, nothing else) sauce. Habanero is not Louisiana style.
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To me it's any aged pepper sauce with vinegar, and salt. If the cayenne is not aged/fermented it does not taste the same.
 
Yes of course Tabasco is.
 
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Maybe I did / did not have the name of the original post correct - always willing to learn.
 
Still a question: would one prepare such a fermented/aged pepper sauce with cayenne peppers in the same way? Seeds and all?
I once tried using bird's eye peppers and it didn't work out too well - I believe not enough flesh, too many seeds. On the weekend I bought a fine cayenne pepper plant just at pre-flowering stage and am - fingers crossed - expecting to have a good harvest...
 
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Normally I grow my plants from seed, but for whatever reason didn't/don't have any cayenne seeds on hand. (And regardless I had basically missed the start of the season for anything new.)
So, a plant in good condition for under 5 €s (read: US$6) couldn't be passed up. At worst seeds for next year... 
 
Should I be starting a thread on 'Straight up Cayenne Louisiana Hot Sauce'?  ;)
 
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The brand of "Louisiana Hot Sauce" apparently includes other 'cooked' peppers than the fermented cayenne peppers.
Would this be for taste post fermentation - otherwise why do it? Sweetness possibly, depending on what's added?
(Maybe a lack of available of hot sauces at this end for comparison but pretty sure my home made stuff will still be better :lol: )
 
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