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Awesome homemade hot sauce

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dragon49

I just made some awesome hot sauce.  I was too lazy to take the time to write down the exact measurements of the ingredients.  Here we go:
 
A bunch of random hot and superhot fresh and dried pods and a few mild dried pods.  Fresh cranberries.  Red grapes.  Old Apple Cider Vinegar.  Lime Juice.  Brown Sugar.  Salt. Put in blender and add water to help puree.  Run the blender, first in “Ice Breaking” mode, then in “purée” mode, until the mixture is pureed.  Then, pour the mixture in a large pot. 
 
At this point, it was tasty and hot.  I then added more water, as a friend of mine who makes hot sauce for a living tells me that it is important to boil for a while to “get rid of the “nasties.”
 
I boiled it down for an hour and fifteen minutes, until the sauce was good and thick.  The sauce is delicious and DAMN HOT!
 
I can’t find my P.H. tester (I need I big house!) but from experience and the amount of vinegar and lime juice that I added, this should be well below 4.0 and safe. 
 
 
http://s774.photobucket.com/user/mhalstern/slideshow/Homemade%20hot%20sauce
 
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howardsnm1 said:
looks good but only 2 bottles? i typically make a dozen..I have not used cranberries in a sauce before  but will try it out.. :)
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I had no idea how much I would make.  After I put in the stock ingredients, I added water until the blender was almost full - Then I pureed.  Then, after adding more water to the pot, my plan was to boil at least 20 minutes, then until it reached the desired thickness. After it was thick enough for me, what was left was enough to fill the two bottles, plus some of the glass container that I had.
 
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