Compmodder26's First Sauce

[compmodder26]

So this is my first attempt at making a hot sauce. I was originally supposed to have bhut jolokias in the recipe, but the stupid post office has lost my package, so I've substituted 3 habaneros for every bhut that was supposed to be in the recipe.

Here is the recipe:
3 Cloves Garlic
1 Small Onion
2 Large Carrots Carrots
1/2 C Rice Vinegar
1/4 C Brown Sugar
2 Limes (Juice only)
2 C Crushed Pineapple With Juice
5 Bhut Jolokias with placenta and seeds
10 Habaneros with placenta and seeds

So instead of the 5 bhuts and 10 habaneros, I used 25 habaneros.

Overall, I'm pleased with this batch. It starts off with the pineapple sweetness, then the savory ingredients come in. Finally a slow burn begins and continues to build. I do think it should be hotter, but for my first attempt I'm happy. I'm anxious to see how it tastes in a week.

The recipe made just under 36 oz of sauce. It has a medium thickness to it.

Pics:

Whoops, I noticed that I forgot to include the carrots in the pic. Rest assured, they made it into the sauce.

 

[compmodder26]

Well after some time to cool, I have two things to report on. The flavor keeps getting better. You can no longer tell it is the pineapple that adds the sweetness. It just has nice sweet flavor. The heat is still about the same (bummer). And finally, I lied about the thickness. It is not a medium thickness. It is pretty darn thick. I have to give it a really good shake to get it out of the bottle.

 

[RocketMan]

Good looking sauce, nice color. The flavor porfile of the sauce will continue to refine for about a week or so. I usually take a tast when I bottle mine and then again so that I can see how much it's changed as all the ingredients became friendly with each other and got happy together. I have a couple of sauces that are really thick too. One I have to shake to the cap and let warm up a bit and still shake the heck out of it.

Cheers,
RM

 

[compmodder26]

Good looking sauce, nice color. The flavor porfile of the sauce will continue to refine for about a week or so. I usually take a tast when I bottle mine and then again so that I can see how much it's changed as all the ingredients became friendly with each other and got happy together. I have a couple of sauces that are really thick too. One I have to shake to the cap and let warm up a bit and still shake the heck out of it.

Cheers,
RM

Yeah, I gave one bottle to my brother, so that leaves the other two for myself. I'me leaving the full one alone for a week for the flavor to settle up, but I'm using the not so full one so I can see how the flavor gradually changes.

 

[compmodder26]

On a side note, my bhut jolokias finally arrived. Only one was going bad, the rest are fine. Guess I shouldn't have been so impatient. Oh well, I've got them in the freezer, ready for the next batch of sauce I'll make.

 

[compmodder26]

So a little over a week has passed since making the sauce. I cracked open the full bottle that I let sit for a week, and the flavor changed very little from my last report. It starts with the nice sweetness, but this time around the burn kicks in much quicker. However, it still doesn't get as intense as I'd like. The sweetness is citrusy, but you can't detect that it is pineapple that is giving the flavor.

I'm going to do another sauce in a couple of weeks. I'm going to seriously up the number of peppers and will make it a savory sauce with a very small hint of sweetness. I'm thinking 5 bhut jolokias and 35 habaneros. The plan is for it to make ~36 oz of sauce like the last time.

Hopefully when I start growing next year I'll get a good amount of bhuts to where I can make them the primary pepper in my sauces. Until then I'll stick with habaneros and use a bunch of them (there is an excellent little grocery store near me that sells them for $4/lb).

 

[texas blues]

Nice. I've gotten away from using canned pineapple in sauce, fresh is infinitely mo' bettah', but then again sometimes you just got to go with what's available. Color on that sauce looks fantastic.

 

[compmodder26]

Thanks. Yeah the color and flavor are exactly where I wanted them. Heat level just wasn't up to par. All things considered, I call this sauce a success for my first go around. And it gave me a good learning experience on the number of chilis I need to use in the sauce to give it that hard hitting burn I want.