Hey Bill... you have my shipping address? ;)
I am sure you already know this but MOST water will cause the garlic to turn blue or green. If you use distilled this won't be an issue :)
Kat
that's what I would do :)
You can look back at 99% of my sauce posts and they are all a ferment of peppers and garlic :)
Whenever you hear talk of a product having "complexity" or "depth of flavor" it's almost always fermented!
Soy sauce, beer, wine etc.
If you are looking to preserve the "probiotic" nature of it, and want to avoid heat............
Cook some peeled, cored apples and carrots til SOFT.
Let them cool
Add your ferment to a GOOD blender (I use a vitamix)
Turn switch to super-fast-crazy-turbo speed
Incrementally add some...
I think Datils have amazing fruity/hab flavor but I don't consider them a "super-hot". I can line up 6 of them on a hot dog, no problem, but ONE 7 makes me wanna cry!
After fermentation you really don't have any apple "flavor" per se'. (unless you use a LOT)
I just mince one or two and allow the sugars in the apple to assist the fermentation process.
Just like Sour Kraut doesn't really taste like cabbage.
The lime goes in AFTER as an acidifier with flavor :)
LOL... you been reading MY recipes?! ;)
I have been known to use a 50/50 ratio of peppers and garlic, then carrot, and MAYBE and apple!
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/33918-this-isnt-even-edible/#entry689726
I have fermented separately and then combined but if you are planning that I would just process, and ferment that all together.
I like a pure hab, or fatalli, or Datil sauce, but adding other peppers altho not adding much heat will still add different levels of flavor and complexity.
What else...
Ask Jay if my sauces taste like Kraut.
I guess some of these comments are confusing me!
When I ferment my kraut I use Cabbage and salt,
When I ferment my pepper mash, I use peppers, garlic and salt.
The "brine" should be VERY similar!
Just my 0.02
I use it a LOT, but like was stated above... it's just a "starter" so you only need a small amount and I have never known it to influence the flavor of my sauces.
If you find that your sauce is too thin and or it takes far too long to reduce (boil down). You can always do like I do, and add NO water when you ferment! :)
I THINK this is the post that I made that shows the consistency when I put it thru the food mill.I almost never add water unless it's...