I love hot sauce, and luckily making it is very simple. You can use this recipe with any hot pepper that like, today I am using habaneros.
Ingredients:
500gr hot peppers. (habaneros, Jalapenos, lady fingers, etc..)
700ml Vinegar
Salt
Sugar
equipment:
Gloves
Knife
Sauce Pot
Blender
Sieve or strainer.
***I highly recommend using gloves when working with peppers as your skin WILL absorb the oils and can cause discomfort.***
First wash you peppers
Cut off the stems of the peppers, slice them in half and place in you sauce pot.
Add the vinegar and bring to a simmer. Let the peppers simmer for five minutes.
After the peppers have simmered for 5 minutes remove from the heat. Pour the peppers and vinegar into the blender (Its a good idea to have a blender cup just for peppers).
Once the peppers have been well blended strain the mix back into the sauce pot and taste.
Over low heat I add appox 1Tbs of salt. If the hot sauce tastes to bitter add sugar as necessary. depending on the peppers it can vary for 1/2Tbs to 2Tbs.
This recipe yields just shy of 1 liter of hot sauce. Store in jars or bottles.
