Home made Scotch Bonnet sauce.

[whiffey]

Which is the best sort of vinegar to use ? I am currently simmering 20 scotch bonnets in white distilled malt vinegar with lemon juice and garlic, but I think it is going horribly wrong. The house is full of acrid fumes and I am more or less confined to the garden. Would cider vinegar have been a better choice ?

[whiffey]

The saucepan has gone brown !!!

This is a new experience, but at least guaranteed bug-free.

[Jugglering]

lol - open the kitchen window ! The fumes are coming off the chillies ya daftie! So just let them dissipate for a while before stepping inside again...... I would have used cider or wine vinegar instead of malt vinegar but that's only because I can't stand malt vinegar. Did your recipe specify a particular sort of vinegar ?

[funnygirl]

Whiffey, I have made this many times. Here's what to do.
Wash your scotch bonnets in boiling water.
Slice the scotch bonnets, being very careful with hands, eyes and fumes.
Put the sliced peppers into a jar or bottle filled up with white vinegar and leave to 'mature'.
I keep tasting, until it is to my taste. Hot and tangy.
I also add thinly sliced carrots and other vegetables. Something solid that won't turn mushy.

[sunflower68]

Oh no Whiffey!! Is this the recipe you were looking for last week; you said on the post you had got hold of the lady who makes it.

Please please can I have the recipe?? I love hotsauce of any kind. How is the smell?

[society]

White vinegar is the best one to use for making hot sauces.

Can you please share your recipe?

Thanks :-)

[whiffey]

I haven't dared to taste it yet. I've bottled it and put it in the fridge, but I don't think it has worked, I'm sure the vinegar was wrong. It was white vinegar, but malt.

When I asked the question on the beeb boards, AZCook supplied a recipe, in here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbfood/F2670471?threa d=4494271

I will experiment with different types of vinegar.

[sunflower68]

Thankyou Whiffey, I have the Scotch bonnets, just forgot to pick up any other ingreds for it and I lack jars! Better get onto it soon. I just bought a lovely one whilst I was in Tesco; the Nando's extra hot peri peri is to die for.......