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Brainstorming a Superfood Hot Sauce

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An idea I had the other day: My wife is really into "superfood" type stuff, using natural ingredients to help bolster the body's immune system. Elderberry syrup, "Fire-cider," and the like.

I thought to myself, "Hey, I could make, like, a really vitamin-rich hot sauce." Sort of based around the idea of Rocketman's Theriac or my own Garlic sauce. Something that's actually a really good idea to put on stuff, more than just "tastes good."
 
So I'm trying to come up with a new sauce, probably a ferment. I won't be able to start making it for a while, as I'm moving in about a month.
 
So far, I've come up with the following for ingredients: (Bolded are ones I definitely want to use)
ACV
Garlic
Tumeric (at less than or equal to 24:1 ratio to black pepper)
Ginger
Shiitake Mushrooms
Nori (Seaweed)
Spinach
Tomato
Black Pepper
Onion
Thai Chilis (I would like to substitute this with a good superhot, but so far this feels like a very Asian sauce, and Thai chilis fit well)
Obviously: Salt, and xanthan gum to hold it all together.

A bit of fish oil would also make it "healthier" but I need to figure out how to fit that in, probably small doses.
 
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Is there any other sauce of any type using similar ingredients on the market? Does it taste good?

Are you building from the ground up on this one? And is the purpose for a probiotic rich uncooked sauce?

Interesting idea...
 
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Turmeric is a superfood but not very bioavailable. When turmeric is mixed with black pepper the bioavailability increases by apx. 1000%. People make what's called "golden paste" with turmeric, black pepper, and coconut oil. I'd love to see this as a hot sauce (you don't need the oil). Don't go nuts with a kitchen sink sauce. Pick certain superfoods and make them simple. For example, this golden paste hot sauce, with some Indian spices, would be great for Indian food. Certain other superfoods, Mexican, etc.
 
https://deeprootsathome.com/how-to-make-use-turmeric-golden-paste/
 
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The Hot Pepper said:
Turmeric is a superfood but not very bioavailable. When turmeric is mixed with black pepper the bioavailability increases by apx. 1000%. People make what's called "golden paste" with turmeric, black pepper, and coconut oil. I'd love to see this as a hot sauce (you don't need the oil). Don't go nuts with a kitchen sink sauce. Pick certain superfoods and make them simple. For example, this golden paste hot sauce, with some Indian spices, would be great for Indian food. Certain other superfoods, Mexican, etc.
 
https://deeprootsathome.com/how-to-make-use-turmeric-golden-paste/
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Thanks for the tip! Looks like the suggested is 1/2 cup of tumeric to 1 tsp black pepper, or a 24:1 ratio.

I definitely didn't go with everything available, and I might use only a small amount of the onion, and probably cutting spinach and tomato.
 
thegreenman said:
What about adding Moringa? I'm not sure how the flavor would work, but it should qualify as a superfood.
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I'm not familiar with moringa or how it tastes.
 
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You could add in different microgreens. There are many, many different types of microgreens available that can impart many different flavors into a ferment. I currently have two different ferments going that are 50% peppers and 50% microgreens. One is with curled cress which is similar to a black pepper taste.
 
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skullbiker said:
You could add in different microgreens. There are many, many different types of microgreens available that can impart many different flavors into a ferment. I currently have two different ferments going that are 50% peppers and 50% microgreens. One is with curled cress which is similar to a black pepper taste.
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I'll have to add curled cress to the list! Thanks for the suggestion.
Current List (since I can't edit the original post anymore:)
Those who've provided assistance with the list will be annotated in parentheticals.
 
 
ACV
Garlic
Tumeric (at less than or equal to 24:1 ratio to black pepper, as suggested by The Hot Pepper)
Ginger
Shiitake Mushrooms
Nori (Seaweed)
Spinach
Tomato
Black Pepper
Onion
Thai Chilis (I would like to substitute this with a good superhot, but so far this feels like a very Asian sauce, and Thai chilis fit well)
Obviously: Salt, and xanthan gum to hold it all together.
Curled Cress (Suggested by skullbiker)
Possibly Reishi mushrooms (Suggested by dragonsfire), or moringa (thegreenman)
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