Re: [CH] Sauce bases

Dave Drum (dirty_dave@chillicooks.org)
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:22:37 -0500 

On 7/10/2010 17:17, Jonathan Smillie wrote:

> Hi all,

> Getting ready to make another batch or three of sauce this summer, and
> I'm looking for creative ways of changing things up with some new
> recipes. One thing I've been looking at is using different ingredients
> in the base of my sauce, which is a traditional Caribbean carrot/onion.
> Since using it in a couple of recipes recently, I've been toying with
> the idea of substituting jicama for the carrot - it has some of the same
> fibrous texture, the same sweetness and would, I think, shred and puree
> well.

> My concern is that I've only used it raw - I don't know its properties
> cooked. Has anyone tried incorporating this into sauce, and have wisdom
> to share?

You mean to tell me that people actually eat that stuff? It's not just 
a mailing list joke about salsa recipes???   ;-)

Here's a recipe I just last week made a batch of using some 
"distressed" serranos I found on mark-down at the local stupormarkup. 
Like my YAAAAHHHHOOOOAAAAHHHH sauce, every batch is different.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

        Title: Easy Hot Sauce
   Categories: Five, Sauces, Chilies
        Yield: 1 /2 cup

       20 lg Fresh chilies; roasted,
             - stemmed & seeded *
        2 cl Garlic; rough chopped
      1/2 c  Vinegar
             Salt

   * Use Anaheim, Jalapeno, Serrano, Tabasco or Cayenne
   depending on your desire for heat.

   Broil chilies for about 5 minutes or until the skin blisters
   and blackens. Transfer to a paper bag and let stand for about
   10 minutes. Peel when cool, stem, seed and rough chop.

   Place the chilies and garlic in a blender or food processor.
   With the machine running, slowly add the vinegar until the
   mixture is well blended.

   Add salt to taste.

   Keep covered and refrigerated until use.

   Yield: 1/2 cup

   MM Format by Dave Drum - 01 November 2001

   Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM


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ENJOY!!!

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