Introduction: How to Make a Hot Chilli Sauce, Similar to Carribean Hot Pepper Sauces

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It's a cheap & easy way to make tasty hot pepper sauce! General guidelines are given, as I've only done this once & can make no claims to the receipe being perfected. This worked first time & it was easy, also very hot...

Step 1: Ingredients

I used:
Habanero or Scotch Bonnet chillies (I don't know which, but please see photo)
Garlic
Vinegar
Salt
Sugar.
You'll also need a food-blender, a sauce pan, graduated jug & a clean bottle.

Step 2: Preparation

  • Cut chillies roughly (I used 7), I'd advise removing the seeds for a better flavour to heat ratio. These things will hurt you, take your own precautions...
  • Peel & chop garlic roughly (I used 3 fat cloves)
  • Measure the capacity of your bottle with the jug & water. Add chillies garlic to the jug & enough vinegar to make the volume you need, plus a little more. I made ~ 1/4 pint ~150 ml
  • Transfer these to a pan, add ~ 5 teaspoons of salt, an a teaspoon of sugar, heat to boil & simmer (with a lid) for ~ 15 min
  • Blend this mixture until smooth, reheat in the pan & pour into your bottle using the jug.

Step 3: Variations

(I'd keep this in the fridge, but the vinegar salt & sugar should help preserve)

For a cooler sauce:

Use fewer chillies & thicken with cornflour. Mix a little cornflour with cold water & stir into the simmering liquid a little at a time, remembering that it will be thicker when cooled. Get this wrong & you won't get it out of the bottle...

Other ingredients could include:

Tomato paste
Mustard
Pepper
Various herbs & spices