Recipe Wanted

[JAHaworth]

Hello everyone.
I have a bottle of Nandos Extra Hot Peri Peri Sauce which I love. Does anyone have a recipe thats similar to this that they are prepared to share? I'm just not confident enough to try and make it going by the ingredients off the side of the bottle.

Thanks

[bentalphanerd]

Hiya , what fresh peppers do you have available to you?

[rainbowberry]

I suppose the kind of recipe your looking for is one that tastes quite acidic, lots of lemon juice/vinegar and preferably with Birds Eye chillis.

[bentalphanerd]

Nandos Extra Hot peri-peri sauce:

water,salt,vinegar,lemon,Serrano,onions,African birdseye (peri-peri),sunflower oil, spices(Cayenne, paprika), Stabiliser, Garlic.

[bentalphanerd]

lol - i had a bottle in the fridge from god knows when.

[Omri]

Ewww... African Birdseye for taste. use it for heat only. use more Serranos for taste!
BTW Bent, have you received the seeds yet?

[rainbowberry]

I'm not keen on this sauce, just tastes like hot vinegar to me.

[Omri]

I'm not keen on this sauce, just tastes like hot vinegar to me.

At least it's hot. some are just regular vinegar. :lol:

[JAHaworth]

I'm currently growing Serranos, African Birdseye, Red Habaneros and some Hot Koren F1 Hybrid(Which I know nothing about).
If people reckon it's crap I'm definitely open to other ideas. This is my first year at trying to make a hot sauces.

[rainbowberry]

Well good on you for trying to make a hot sauce, I haven't attempted one yet. My cooking skills go as far as hot baked beans.

[Omri]

Yeah, I'm working on my own sauce as well. basically try and err.

[bentalphanerd]

BTW Bent, have you received the seeds yet?

Nothing yet Omri.....now I'm exited, gonna go wait by the mailbox :onfire:

[thehotpepper.com]

Taste the sauce by itself and figure out what you like about it (which flavors). Then try your own.

[JAHaworth]

Ok. With the ingrediants being water,salt,vinegar,lemon,Serrano,onions,African birdseye (peri-peri),sunflower oil, spices(Cayenne, paprika), Stabiliser, Garlic.....does anyone have a starting point for me with amounts? ie. how much vinegar to how many chillies & oil, I'm sure I can muck about with the rest on my own.

[thehotpepper.com]

Thread moved. Works better here.

[DevilDuck]

I'm currently growing Serranos, African Birdseye, Red Habaneros and some Hot Koren F1 Hybrid(Which I know nothing about).
If people reckon it's crap I'm definitely open to other ideas. This is my first year at trying to make a hot sauces.

Try something with the Serranos and Red Habs.

Ok. With the ingrediants being water,salt,vinegar,lemon,Serrano,onions,African birdseye (peri-peri),sunflower oil, spices(Cayenne, paprika), Stabiliser, Garlic.....does anyone have a starting point for me with amounts? ie. how much vinegar to how many chillies & oil, I'm sure I can muck about with the rest on my own.

Here's a recipe off the top of my head......

20 red ripe serrano peppers
15 red habaneros
1 1/3 cup distilled white vinegar
2/3 cup lime juice
1 cup sweet onion
3 cloves garlic (or 1 teaspoon garlic powder)
1 teaspoon basil
1/4 teaspoon cumin

Add liquids and spices to a blender and mix on "low" for about 1 minute. Add onions (if using garlic cloves add now) and do the same.

With blender on lowest setting, add stemmed peppers one at a time until all peppers are incorporated. Blend on medium setting for another 2 minutes.

Pour ingredients into a large enough pot to hold everything. Bring mixture to a boil and immediately reduce to a low simmer for 15 minutes. Using a whisk, stir mixture when a "skin" forms on the surface.

After 15 minutes, remove from heat and bottle while still hot. Should yield about 25 ounces of sauce.

[stillmanz]

Thats gonna be a real hot brew....

[JAHaworth]

Thanks a heap DevilDuck. Thats great. I can't wait to give that one a try. :onfire:

So basically I can use that amount of chillies and Vinegar and just try other ingredients to make my own? Does that sound like a good base to start?

[DevilDuck]

Well, like I said....that's just off the top of my head. Make sure you taste it before you cook it. Add salt if you like...but not too much.

It's really all up to you. Have fun with it Maybe add a splash of red wine...or dark beer after you pour it into the pot. Add more garlic...or (gasp!) less garlic. Maybe there's another spice besides basil that you really like that might pair well with the peppers. Maybe you don't like onions.....maybe you do.

It's just a really basic recipe. Use it as a guideline and tweak it however you like. The vinegar and lime juice will act as a preservative so keep that in mind if you make a larger batch.

Just have fun and let us know how it turns out!

[JAHaworth]

I will do, thanks. I just have to wait for more of my Serranos to Ripen up.
Thanks again
:fire:

[DevilDuck]

I just realized you're in NZ. I didn't convert all of that to Metric, my apologies.

[JAHaworth]

No worries, it all made perfect sense. Thanks again.