I've got a good one for you... pretty basic on the sauce side, but comes with a good story. So last night I whipped up a batch of hot sauce, it was kind of an anything/everything ordeal. Hadn't put much thought into it, just canvased the kitchen and started cooking.
I had the bottles out of their boil, and the sauce was simmering... needed some help to funnel the sauce into the bottles. I requested help from my loving financee to lend a hand. She was going to hold the funnel while I poured. This stuff has the consistency of ketchup, and as I was pouring a bit of it bubbled up and shot out of the funnel. Apparently it was pretty hot and landed a sensitive part of her hand!!! She paused for like 2 seconds and then did the moonwalk
, slipping on some of the sauce that had landed on the floor. 
Before I can say
, she's on the floor crying. 
Her ankle was immediately swollen! Her brother and I helped her to the couch, got her all fixed up with ice, ibuprofen, and a glass of chilled champagne.
I felt terrible! But damn was this stuff was good
Considered the name, and was debating between a German or English name... "verstauchter Fußknöchel" sounded too uninviting, so I landed on Twisted Ankle.
So I present Twisted Ankle Hot Sauce.
20-30 medium sized peppers, deseeded. (I used a mix, mostly Rawit [Bird's Eye], but had all sorts of stuff in there, but nothing in the Super range. 1 Hab was as hot as it got for this batch)
2 carrots chopped
1 whole onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
3 whole tomatoes (medium size) blanched with skin
1/4 cup olive oil
100 mL water
100 mL white vinegar
2 tblspoon sea salt (more or less to taste)
It will have a pretty strong vinegar taste at first, but I think after a couple of weeks in the cupboard it will taste real nice.
I had a little bit of the leftover on eggs this morning and it was fantastic. I've had some marinating on chicken wings all day, and we're about to fire of the grill.
For me it has the perfect heat. It doesn't hit hard or ever feel uncomfortable, you just get a nice warm feeling in your mouth and in your body. It's tangy (vinegar) but also pretty sweet from the carrot and browned onion. I find it well balanced and a good all purpose that most folks can handle.
Nothing special, but tasty with a tasty story.
Enjoy with a good German Kellerbier like this one.
I had the bottles out of their boil, and the sauce was simmering... needed some help to funnel the sauce into the bottles. I requested help from my loving financee to lend a hand. She was going to hold the funnel while I poured. This stuff has the consistency of ketchup, and as I was pouring a bit of it bubbled up and shot out of the funnel. Apparently it was pretty hot and landed a sensitive part of her hand!!! She paused for like 2 seconds and then did the moonwalk
, slipping on some of the sauce that had landed on the floor. Before I can say
, she's on the floor crying. Her ankle was immediately swollen! Her brother and I helped her to the couch, got her all fixed up with ice, ibuprofen, and a glass of chilled champagne.I felt terrible! But damn was this stuff was good
Considered the name, and was debating between a German or English name... "verstauchter Fußknöchel" sounded too uninviting, so I landed on Twisted Ankle.
So I present Twisted Ankle Hot Sauce.
20-30 medium sized peppers, deseeded. (I used a mix, mostly Rawit [Bird's Eye], but had all sorts of stuff in there, but nothing in the Super range. 1 Hab was as hot as it got for this batch)
2 carrots chopped
1 whole onion chopped
3 cloves garlic chopped
3 whole tomatoes (medium size) blanched with skin
1/4 cup olive oil
100 mL water
100 mL white vinegar
2 tblspoon sea salt (more or less to taste)
- In a medium sized pot, add olive oil, garlic, carrot, and onion. Saute until onions are ever-so slightly browned.
- In the meantime you can boil up your glass containers, I use the same pot to blanch the tomatoes for about 5 minutes.
- Add peppers, tomatoes, water and vinegar
- Simmer for 30 minutes, adding salt at some point along the way
- Puree using a handheld, but of course exercise caution!!! You don't want a twisted ankle
. - Transfer to sanitized containers. I used the glass jars that the vinegar came in.
It will have a pretty strong vinegar taste at first, but I think after a couple of weeks in the cupboard it will taste real nice.
I had a little bit of the leftover on eggs this morning and it was fantastic. I've had some marinating on chicken wings all day, and we're about to fire of the grill.
For me it has the perfect heat. It doesn't hit hard or ever feel uncomfortable, you just get a nice warm feeling in your mouth and in your body. It's tangy (vinegar) but also pretty sweet from the carrot and browned onion. I find it well balanced and a good all purpose that most folks can handle.
Nothing special, but tasty with a tasty story.
Enjoy with a good German Kellerbier like this one.
