Cherripotle Fermented Hot Sauce
cherry wood pellet smoked / lump charcoal roasted red and green jalapeños fermented with red cherries, red bell pepper, cucumber, sweet onion, garlic, and kiwi
- 14 oz chopped, stemmed, roasted/smoked 30-60m, fresh jalapeño peppers
- 5 oz chopped, stemmed, fresh red bell pepper
- 6 oz sliced, peeled, sweet yellow onion
- 13 oz halved, stemmed and pitted, fresh red cherries
- 3 cloves smashed, peeled, fresh garlic
- 3 large sliced, peeled, frozen fresh kiwi fruit
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1/2 large sliced, fresh cucumber
- brine solution: 1 tsp kosher salt dissolved per 3/2 cup filtered water; above uses 2-3 cups
- put the stuff in a jar,
- cover with brine solution,
- add fermenting weight and lid/cover,
- store and burp as necessary (2 weeks?),
- after fermenting separate solids from liquid,
- blend solids and add liquid (and amendments) to taste/texture,
- bottle and refrigerate