Hot Sauce Recipe

[cheech]

I would like to make my own hot sauce can anyone help me out? Can anyone help with a recipe and the how to.

 

[dacdots]

Cheech,here is one I tried this year and the flavor was great.I didnt make it too hot but you can adjust that by adding more peppers.





RED HOT SAUCE


2 qrts. peeled,cored,chopped,red ripe tomatoes
1 1/2 cups chopped,seeded,hot peppers of your choice
2 cups vinegar
1 cup sugar,white or brown
1 Tbs. salt
2 Tbs mixed pickling spices
2 cups vinegar


Combine tomatoes peppers and 2 cups of vinegar:cook until tomatoes are soft.Press thriugh a sieve or food mill.Add sugar and salt.Tie spices in a cheescloth bag and add to tomato mixture.Cook about 30 minutes or until thick.As mixture thickens stir frequently to prevent sticking.Add remaining 2 cups of vinegar.Cook until thick as wanted.Pour boiling hot into 1/2 pint jars leaving 1/4 inch head space.Jars will seal,if not precess in boiling water bath for 30 minutes and remove jars.Yield eight 1/2 pints.

I let mine simmer for eight houre to drive in the flavor.It is great I eat it on most anything.

 

[cheech]

dacdots,

Thanks I am going to give this a try.

Any thought to whether this must age or not? Basically does it improve with age or not enought to make a difference.

 

[dacdots]

I didnt wait to start using it Cheech but Im sure the spices will continue to blend with the tomato sauce as it sits.

 

[cheech]

I would love to try this with an old oak whiskey barrel (after I drink all the whiskey of course)

 

[johnnyreb]

can those peppers in the recipe be dried?

 

[dacdots]

Crazyhorse,I waited so long in the season to make the hot sauce that all I could find was dried peppers.Now Ill tell you this sauce I made werent too hot so you adjust the heat anyway you like.