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Time to make fresh hot pepper sauce with four easy steps. The heat level will mellow a bit with time as it continues to ferment in the fridge.
1 2 cup 3 brine instructions below 1 2 cup vinegar.
Fermented hot pepper sauce. Fermented hot sauce is actually fermented hot peppers first made into a mash and then aged for a length of time in a brine solution of salt and water. This is the process that creates the rich and deep umami flavor in a hot sauce and is applied to other food products as well. Ingredients needed to make fermented hot sauce.
1 pound chili peppers stems removed i m using red serrano peppers 1 quart unchlorinated water. 3 tablespoons salt. 1 cup white wine vinegar to your preference use a good quality vinegar for better quality hot sauce how to make fermented hot sauce the recipe method.
Basic fermented hot sauce ingredients. 20 peppers less hot varieties for milder hot sauce hotter varieties for spicier 6 cloves of garlic chopped. Additional fruits or vegetables for flavor after fermenting.
1 2 cup 3 brine instructions below 1 2 cup vinegar. Spices seasonings or herbs to taste. When the peppers have fermented for the desired length of time it is time to turn them into sauce.
Place the peppers in a blender reserving the brine. Blend until smooth adding more brine if desired to make a thinner sauce. Apple cider vinegar may also be added to taste.
Add sliced jalapenos onions and garlic to a clean and sterilized pint mason jar. In a small bowl or glass measure combine tomato puree allspice and sea salt. Pour mixture into the jar.
Or for smooth sauce blend all ingredients together and then combine in sterilized pint mason jar. Place the fermented peppers onions garlic and carrot into a blender. Add 1 cup of the brine and blend until smooth as smooth as possible.
Add the vinegar if using and sugar if you prefer a sweeter hot sauce like sriracha and more brine to desired thickness. The heat level will mellow a bit with time as it continues to ferment in the fridge. This fermented hot sauce will use 4 basic ingredients.
Peppers jalapeno ancho and habanero garlic kosher salt and water. You may add sugar or other flavorings to your liking. The traditional way of making hot sauce involves fermenting either straight hot peppers or a mix of hot and sweet peppers and other aromatic veggies like garlic or onion.
When the fermentation time is up the whole shebang is blended with vinegar until smooth as silk. Time to make fresh hot pepper sauce with four easy steps. Chop salt i removed the stems and whirled in a cuisinart until thoroughly blended and then added a pinch of salt toward the end.
Pack i poured the slurry into a quart jar and covered with fly deterrent cloth not shown. Seasoned with fresh garlic this fermented hot sauce is rich with flavor bright and fiery. Use a variety of ripe hot peppers for the best flavor.
Red jalapeños cherry bomb peppers scotch bonnets and aji amarillo chilis all work well especially when mixed together. Prep time 10 mins.