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6c555aac | 1 | #title Mango and Molasses Habanero Hot Sauce |
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3 | * A Warning From the Future |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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6b397282 | 13 | * Ingredients |
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6c555aac | 15 | ** Common |
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17 | - 1 Extra Large Mango (or 2 medium) | |
18 | - 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar | |
6b397282 | 19 | - 3 tbsp molasses |
6c555aac | 20 | - 1 1/2 tbsp cumin |
886477c7 | 21 | - 1 tsp sea salt |
6b397282 | 22 | - 1 tbsp paprika |
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6c555aac | 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 | |
09816bb9 | 34 | - Equivalent mass of fresh red bell pepper ([[https://web.archive.org/web/20130527144021/http://www.ochef.com/158.htm][roasted]]) |
6c555aac | 35 | |
6b397282 | 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. | |
6c555aac | 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. |