Thanks for the inspiration. My first attempt. South Dakota Surprise Hot Sauce

[slpknt10l03]

[font=lucida grande']Spent the afternoon burning my lungs making this insanely hot sauce. Contains 7 Pods, Trinidad Scorpions, Bhut Jolokias - other ingredients: Pineapple, Kiwi, onion, garlic, lemon juice, white rice vinegar, white balsamic raspberry blush vinegar, hate, pain, and discomfort.

I washed all the peppers, cut them in half then roasted them along with the onion, garlic, pineapple, and kiwi over heavy smoking apple wood on the grill. After I singed them with fire I put them in the blender until I had a puree. I mixed in 1/2 cup of 190 proof everclear to help bring out the capsaicin. I then sauteed them for about 20 min, adding 1/2 cup of lemon juice, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar and adding the rice vinegar until I hit a PH of 4.0. Then I added another 1/2 cup of everclear to thin it back out some and pull out a little more capsaicin (the alcohol evaporated with the heat very fast) - checked the PH 3.8

Heated up the bottles to 200F in the oven and sanitized the lids - then poured the 190F hot sauce into the bottle. Tightened on the lid and stored upside down. I'll let them rest for a couple days then try them once the flavor all had a chance to meet each other.

NOTE: I was coughing the entire time as my lungs, throat and eyes burned with the heat of 10,000 suns.[/font]

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[Jeff H]

Looks great and I bet it is searing hot! How do you like the flavor of pineapple and kiwi mixed with smoked and roasted peppers? Sounds like an interesting combination.

 

[jsschrstrcks]

How about the rice vinegar? I've heard it is milder than most vinegars?

Dedicated vinegar hater here.

I see it as a neccesary evil in sauce making though. The other one I've heard good things about is banana vinegar.

 

[RocketMan]

How about the rice vinegar? I've heard it is milder than most vinegars?

Dedicated vinegar hater here.

I see it as a neccesary evil in sauce making though. The other one I've heard good things about is banana vinegar.

Yep, it has a milder flavor than others. i use it when adding more lemon / lime would really change the flavor. Actually when I use it I can hardly tell it's in there.

 

[slpknt10l03]

Looks great and I bet it is searing hot! How do you like the flavor of pineapple and kiwi mixed with smoked and roasted peppers? Sounds like an interesting combination.

I had it on everything I ate today - it is amazing! so much more depth of flavor than store bought sauces. I can't wait until I have enough peppers again to make another sauce - I'm thinking mango... Blistering hot though, lol .. I love it. I think the kiwi flavor was completely lost though and I think I could have grilled everything longer - could have used a little more smoky flavor. The combination of flavors that it did have worked out very well. I love grilled pineapple anyways, lol.


I brought it into work today and had roughly 30 people try it out. I quickly explained how I made it and that it was very hot. Those who got past the heat had nothing but nice things to say. ... Some however just cussed me out and others tried to beat me up, lol -- but hey, I warned them, lol.

How about the rice vinegar? I've heard it is milder than most vinegars?

Dedicated vinegar hater here.

I see it as a necessary evil in sauce making though. The other one I've heard good things about is banana vinegar.

I was very nervous adding as much vinegar as I did because I too dislike the taste of vinegar, but to my pleasant surprise I detected almost no vinegar at all. I've never heard of banana vinegar though...

 

[jsschrstrcks]

I will have to look into getting some rice vinegar then .

are you able to purchase it at your local grocer? or did you have to special order it?

 

[slpknt10l03]

I will have to look into getting some rice vinegar then .

are you able to purchase it at your local grocer? or did you have to special order it?

yep, bought it at wally-world - they actually had quite a selection of different vinegars.