My second hot sauce

I finally made some hot sauce out of my hot pepper mash.  After some discussions on this thread over at DiscussCooking, I decided to boil the mash for a bit to be on the safe side.  Then I added some vinegar and let it sit.  I consider it a success and a failure.  The success is that I really like what the aging process did.  I got some of that rich flavor that you expect in a hot sauce that was missing from my previous attempt.  The failure is that it still wasn't spicy enough.  Maybe I didn't add enough habanero, or maybe I just need to find a better source for peppers, but after the aging, it just wasn't nearly as spicy as I had hoped it would be.

Comments

[Alex Staff]

Well, failure like that is good. It's the kind that brings forth progress, no? After you finish off that batch of hot sauce, you can start your next attempt. Maybe you can try a few more things aside to add to the spiciness.