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Main Boards => Recipes/Grilling/ Barbecuing/Smokers => Topic started by: 3 feathers on September 19, 2009, 06:22:00 PM
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I have several Habaneros that I need to dispose of within a couple of days and I have tried to make a couple of hot sauces and dipping sauces that people have gave me. They taste good and sweet but NOT HOT.
Does anyone know a recipe that will be very hot for dipping sauce or hot sauce?
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If they are not hot, they might not be habaneros. There is a similar looking pepper called ajicito dulce. It looks just like a habanero, only without the heat. To add more heat, you can add store bouth hot sauces, powdered dried peppers, or even red pepper flakes. Hot sauce can be basic or flamboyant. Basic hot sauce is peppers, salt, and vinegar. The peppers are pureed with salt, left to steep, then vinegar is added, and it is strained. But, from there you can add garlic, fruit (purees and nectars), other spices, etc... You can also dry the pepper in a food dehydrator, then either leave them whole for later use, or process into powder using a spice grinder. Just be sure to keep that coffee/spice grinder just for hot stuff. Good luck.
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I grew some "golden bullet habeneros" this year that I special ordered. They are small and gold in color. Mighty hot too. I dried out some and ground them up. The powder looks like gold dust! May make some into hot sauce.
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add some "pure cap" if you want to add HEAT and not affect flavor. It's just plain wicked!
http://www.hotsauceworld.com/purecap.html
that's just one link... do a web search on it. I think you will be pleased if you want "hot"
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Pure capsaicin is the oil that is extremely hot. It is used in pepper spray, and that is what all of the big boy hot sauce makers have been adding to push it to the next level. Be very careful when using this, it is no joke.
When making powders, remove the stem prior to drying, it is easier beforehand. Also, let the powder settle in the grinder for a minute or two after grinding to let the very fine dust particles settle, or you will be exposing yourself to a very unpleasant experience. Your eyes and nose will not be too happy with you!
When making powders, they are potentially more hot than fresh or even crushed because ALL of the essential oils are pulverized. Not just the flesh of the pepper, but the seeds and the ribs too.
I love it!!!! Good luck guys.
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When I grind hot peppers of ANY kind, I wear goggles, a dust mask, rubber gloves.....and do it outside.