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El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

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Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

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The idea of open source recipes on GitHub is so charming to me.

Less to me, because the product is the source. Github here is the way for distribution. It is a fairly nice medium for markdown files and without ads, but dedicated recipe sites have recommendations, comments and sometimes ways to directly order the ingredients.

Oh god yes.

I love cooking but soo many recipe sites are absolutely unusable due to ads.

Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

#24

Do you think you'd lose any flavor/goodness if you strained it prior to bottling? If you have made a strained or more finely blended version of this were there any key learnings?

You could probably hit it with some kind of a blender if it's too chunky.

Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

#25

Habanero chili is extremely hot but has a sweet, fruity flavor. I haven't tasted piri piri chili, but I'm sure this sauce is delicious. I'm kinda upset the chilis are deseeded, though.

Habanero is delicious! My favorite hot sauce is “Inner Beauty” which is basically an emulsion of habaneros, yellow mustard, brown sugar, mango, orange juice, with some cumin and curry. It’s so good, especially on beef and chicken, but you have to like serious heat.

Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

#26

Habanero chili is extremely hot but has a sweet, fruity flavor. I haven't tasted piri piri chili, but I'm sure this sauce is delicious. I'm kinda upset the chilis are deseeded, though.

I generally eat very spicy food, and I can't even detect spiciness in food that will make other people cough. I ate half a chilli (the body/skin) and found it moderately hot, but the next time I ate the other half (the part containing the seeds) and had to run to the fridge for some milk urgently. Be warned.

(It was great though)

Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

#27
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Also... With fermented sauces, once you store it, should/could you pasteurize it?

You could, but there's really no need. The salt used in the brine brings the PH to a spot which is really inhospitable to bad bugs.

Salt doesn't change the PH.

The fermentation produces acid though.

Re: El Fuego Viviente Chili Sauce

#29
post #4

The idea of open source recipes on GitHub is so charming to me.

I agree. I especially like the idea of branching recipes, being able to find spicier, sweeter, etc. versions of the main branch.

Not to mention, branches containing ingredient substitutions considerate of allergy-free/religious/moral dietary needs.
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