This is more than just hot sauce. The funky, fruity blend can sear your tongue, but in a pleasant tingling way that allows you to still taste the layers of flavors. You can use this the way you use bottled hot sauce—for buttery sauces, soups, eggs—you'll find that it just makes everything taste so much better.
Ingredients
Makes 2 cups
Step 1
Combine the chiles, pepper, zest, garlic, 2 tablespoons of the cordial, and 2 teaspoons of the salt in a blender. Pulse until coarsely ground. Transfer to an airtight container and let stand in a warm place for at least 12 hours and up to 1 day to ferment.
Step 2
Pour the mixture into the blender and add the vinegar, remaining 1/2 tablespoon cordial, and remaining 2 teaspoons salt. Blend until very smooth. Strain through a medium-mesh sieve, pressing on the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
Step 3
Stir in the guar gum until dissolved. (If using the cornstarch, bring the sauce to a boil and stir in the cornstarch mixture. Cook until thickened, about 1 minute, then let cool to room temperature.) The sauce can be covered and refrigerated for up to 1 week.
Scotch bonnet peppers are among the hottest in the world—and they make this sauce simply amazing. To tone down the heat, you must remove the seeds. And you must wear rubber or latex gloves while doing it. You'll regret it if you do this bare-handed.
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Reviews (2)
Back to TopGood recipe, but not super hot. Owing to the bell pepper base and the champagne vinegar, this is a very fruity tasting sauce. If you'd like something a bit sharper, I'd recommend using an onion base, and apple cider vinegar. A couple more peppers is not a bad idea, either.
thirashima
Oakland, CA
7/17/2018
This is delicious! Don't be scared away by the scotch bonnets - it's about as spicy as Tabasco sauce. The flavor with the orange zest and sugar (I didn't have St. Germain so I used sugar) is really complex and sweet and hot and fresh. Big hit on fish tacos! It's also a beautiful bright orange color. It would make a great hostess gift in a pretty bottle.
sybilbu
New York, NY
9/7/2016
