| 1 | #title Mango and Molasses Habanero Hot Sauce |
| 2 | |
| 3 | * A Warning From the Future |
| 4 | |
| 5 | I made this recipe very, very long ago. I didn't calculate the correct |
| 6 | amount of vinegar needed to make it shelf stable, so it probably |
| 7 | isn't. Reader beware. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | I'll probably update this in Fall 2020 as I'll have a garden again for |
| 10 | the first time in a few years, and should be making some hot sauce |
| 11 | with the hot peppers left at the end of the season. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * Ingredients |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ** Common |
| 16 | |
| 17 | - 1 Extra Large Mango (or 2 medium) |
| 18 | - 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar |
| 19 | - 3 tbsp molasses |
| 20 | - 1 1/2 tbsp cumin |
| 21 | - 1 tsp sea salt |
| 22 | - 1 tbsp paprika |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ** Super Hot |
| 25 | |
| 26 | - 15ish Fresh Habaneros |
| 27 | - Do not deseed |
| 28 | - 1 tbsp cayenne pepper |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ** Edible and Tasty |
| 31 | |
| 32 | - 7 or 8 fresh habaneros |
| 33 | - Deseed and remove the inner flesh |
| 34 | - Equivalent mass of fresh red bell pepper ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm][roasted]]) |
| 35 | |
| 36 | * Directions |
| 37 | |
| 38 | 1. Put on gloves and perhaps a respirator and goggles to avoid *death |
| 39 | by capsaicin* |
| 40 | 2. Peel and pit the Mango (naturally) |
| 41 | 2. Place everything into a food processor |
| 42 | 3. Whir about until it turns into some kind of paste (60ish seconds |
| 43 | seems fine) |
| 44 | 4. Transfer to a pan, cover, and simmer for around five minutes |
| 45 | 5. Store in a jar and refrigerate |
| 46 | 6. Destroy your tastebuds |
| 47 | |
| 48 | * Dear God Why |
| 49 | |
| 50 | The year was 2010. The season was summer. The location a pot garden. A |
| 51 | bell pepper seedling died a few weeks into the growing season owing to |
| 52 | being weak or perhaps poorly taken care of. To avoid wasting the soil |
| 53 | and pot a package of habanero seedlings was procured; one was to be |
| 54 | planted and the other two given away, but no one came through on their |
| 55 | offer to adopt the plants. Thus the garden ended up with three |
| 56 | habanero plants. It is a little known fact that habaneros produce |
| 57 | ridiculous numbers of peppers, and so something had to be done with |
| 58 | them after the family grew sick of spicy foods every night. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ** A Justification for the Mild Variant |
| 61 | |
| 62 | The initial super hot sauce proved to be tasty for a moment and then |
| 63 | overwhelmingly hot. Now, don't get me wrong, I like incredibly spicy |
| 64 | things, but the initial flavor of the sauce was rather nice and it |
| 65 | seemed a shame to have it destroyed by the habanero. With the |
| 66 | replacement of some habanero by a sweet pepper the flavors come into |
| 67 | balance, and the sauce becomes a rather nice adjunct to things like |
| 68 | chili or black bean burritos. |