Correcting Metal Taste in my Hot Sauce. Anyone?

[hot stuff]

I need some help on a sauce. This thing I made while having an initial good flavor comes off with something the best I can compare it to is a metal taste. It has a quart of fermented chinense chilies mash, 2 lg. red onions, 3 limes, 2 globes of garlic, 2 cups of apple cider vinegar, 2 tbl. of sea salt and I put 3 tbls. of molasses in it to try to tone down the metal taste. Any suggestions?

 

[tctenten]

Is it in the aftertaste? I have had a couple like that and just chalked it up to the peppers that I used. Pretty sure both timrs where chinense varieties. One was definitely yellow ghosts.

 

[hot stuff]

Mostly the after taste.

 

[tctenten]

Yep...if you figure it out let me know. I never really could figure it out.

 

[hot stuff]

I may try a little baking soda. Saw that as a fixer for tomato sauce metallic taste.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Could possibly be overuse of molasses. This happens in BBQ sauce too. Molasses is basically burnt sugar you have to use wisely so the sweetness comes through w/o the bitterness which can actually taste metallic in higher doses. Just an idea.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

It happens to me with BBQ sauce all the time with molasses heavy, I wonder if that's it.

 

[tctenten]

Interesting...but I have never used molasses. I see HS did.

 

[hot stuff]

No, it was that way before the molasses. I put that in hoping to sweeten it up some. I put a tsp of baking soda in it and after it quit fizzing, it's a little bit better. I added a cup of sugar and cooking it in. We'll see what that does.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Ah. Good luck

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Did you use ACV with the mother, or not? It's not a very good tasting vinegar to begin with I never use it for sauces but the stuff with the mother is pretty harsh. You may want to try rice wine vinegar.

 

[hot stuff]

Naw, just the Wally World ACV.

 

[hot stuff]

I'm thinking it was the limes.

 

[tctenten]

I'm thinking it was the limes.

In my sauce I used lemons. You might be onto something.

 

[tctenten]

This was my recipe.

 

[hot stuff]

My wife said it could also be the stainless steel pot. But I thought SS would be safe.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Citric acid doesn't do that for me.

 

[tctenten]

My wife said it could also be the stainless steel pot. But I thought SS would be safe.

I agree with you here. I have made many sauces in SS saucepan and not hat the metallic taste.

 

[salsalady]

should not be the SS.  As you said, that's why SS is used-because it is non-reactive.  But just to rule ut everything else, were there any other metal appliances used like an aluminum food mill? 
 
I've noticed a metallic taste with many superhots in varying concentrations.  can't give any specific examples.

 

[hot stuff]

I used an Oxo food mill after I had tasted it. Is that aluminum?