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recipe-help Best way to use rocotos?

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Wandering around a local West Indian market in Queens, NY, I stumbled on some gorgeous frozen rocotos. First time ever seeing them sold in any form so I decided to buy 2 pounds worth.
 
I've read all about them but have had 0 experience with them. Would love some recommendations on how best to use them and what other ingredients would go well with them in a hot sauce. Should I ferment or no?
 
Thanks all!
 
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Black garlic does work. 2-3 brands already use it in their sauces. This one is very tasty if you like hot. https://burnsandmccoy.com/products/exhorresco-dread-7-pot-primo-hot-sauce
 
This is the barahat recipe i use.
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon whole cloves
½ teaspoon cardamom seeds
1½ tablespoons paprika
1 tablespoon mild Aleppo pepper
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 bay leaf
 
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The Belmont brand rocoto paste will be here today. Its just peppers, salt and citric acid but the sodium is about 1/4 the other brands. Only around 67mg per tbs. The others are around 250mg which isnt horrible but i make quite a bit of hot sauce for someone on strict sodium restrictions.
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ShowMeDaSauce said:
The Belmont brand rocoto paste will be here today. Its just peppers, salt and citric acid but the sodium is about 1/4 the other brands. Only around 67mg per tbs. The others are around 250mg which isnt horrible but i make quite a bit of hot sauce for someone on strict sodium restrictions.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004T6KH5Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
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Good stuff! Relatively reasonably priced too. I should check the market where I bought the frozen rocotos and see if they have the paste too.
 
Would love to hear what you think of this paste once you try it out.
 
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It was pretty hot for rocoto. I tasted a small sample of it. I think i might have some frozen Aji Oro from this year i might try instead. They are milder and more fruity. I will still try the paste for some kind of sauce. Just not sure i wanna risk the mash i have because i only have a quart of it. A bottle of Tabasco is only $2.50
 
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ShowMeDaSauce said:
It was pretty hot for rocoto. I tasted a small sample of it. I think i might have some frozen Aji Oro from this year i might try instead. They are milder and more fruity. I will still try the paste for some kind of sauce. Just not sure i wanna risk the mash i have because i only have a quart of it. A bottle of Tabasco is only $2.50
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Thanks for the link.  I just ordered this rocoto paste.  
 
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Look up the ingredients in the Tabasco Rocoto sauce. They no longer offer it. Its a blend of Tabasco, rocoto, baharat seasoning and a dash of maple syrup. VERY addictive sauce if you like a little sweet. Im using some rocoto paste to try to make a clone.
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Here it is!

1lb frozen rocoto plus a few fresh fresnos for the lacto, 2 cloves garlic, and half a yellow onion, vac bag ferment for 18 days. pH of 3.3.

Blended it all up, pushed through a strainer then added the maple syrup and baharat. Delish! Really liking the rocoto flavor as well as how baharat pairs with peppers in general.
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Another simple rocoto paste based hot sauce i just whipped up.
 
2 TBS Belmont rocoto paste (134mg sodium)
2 TBS Fresh lime juice
1 TBS Cider vinegar
1 TBS water
1 TBS Tabasco Original (105mg sodium)
1 TBS Lola's Reaper sauce (30mg sodium)
1/2 TSP sugar
 
So 269mg in the entire bottle. Just shy of 6oz of sauce. 7.5mg per teaspoon?
 
Now that one is tasty!! Just shake it up good in a large enough bottle.
 
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ShowMeDaSauce said:
Another simple rocoto paste based hot sauce i just whipped up.
 
2 TBS Belmont rocoto paste (134mg sodium)
2 TBS Fresh lime juice
1 TBS Cider vinegar
1 TBS water
1 TBS Tabasco Original (105mg sodium)
1 TBS Lola's Reaper sauce (30mg sodium)
1/2 TSP sugar
 
So 269mg in the entire bottle. Just shy of 6oz of sauce. 7.5mg per teaspoon?
 
Now that one is tasty!! Just shake it up good in a large enough bottle.
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing! I have a jar of the Peru Foods rocoto paste. I’ll give it a shot with that.
 
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