First time hot sauce maker

[Hein]

Hello all

I am a first time hot sauce maker - I am currently growing some birds eye, cayenne and orange habanero's.

I have been scouring the Net for a basic recipe for a Peri Peri sauce but am finding too many different versions.

Can anybody help me with a basic recipe that I can then build on?

Cheers

Hein

 

[RocketMan]

Basic recipe would include peppers, onion, carrots and garlic. From there you can get as wild and crazy as your taste buds can handle.

Cheers,
RM

 

[salsalady]

Whensearching for a recipe and finding many versions, I like to jot down the ingredients of 5-6 different versions and see what they all have in common, and notice what's different.

I just looked at a few Peri Peri recipes. They all had chiles, garlic, oil, salt... one had parsley, one had parsley and cilantro, one had ginger, one had tomato paste, one listed tomato as an option.... Looking at them that way will help you see what's in common and what's personal preference.

good luck, and when you come up with the "perfect recipe" feel free to share it.

 

[Hein]

I boiled a mixture of Cayenne and Birds Eye chile peppers in white vinegar untill they turned soft - just short of mush

I then removed the chiles and pureed them.

After that I added:

- Freshly squeezed lemon juce
- the vinegar from the pot - untill I got to the fluid consistancy I was looking for
- garlic
- A herb mix consisting of: (this comes in a container labled "Italian Mix"
-- Salt
-- Black pepper
-- Origano
-- Onion
-- Basil
-- Dried Olives
-- Dried tomato
-- Capers
-- Rosemary

FANTASTIC!

 

[salsalady]

Awesome! Glad it turned out for you!


while it's fresh in your mind, if you haven't aready done so, jot down the measurements of what you used so you can replicate it in the future.

salsalady

 

[Phil]

Shipment came in just a little while ago, SL. Thanks so much! I tasted every one of them... I can see why that BBQ sauce is a prize winner! And I think that Ghost glaze is going to amazing on grilled pork!

 

[salsalady]

That was fast! Glad you like them and both the Garlic/Hab and the Tropical glaze are awesome on any white meat or seafood.
SL

edit- OOPS- just realized this is Hein's sauce thread, sorry for the side track.

 

[Phil]

My mistake.... sorry Hein! Shoulda sent it in a pm

 

[Hein]

:-)