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