Hot Sauce!: Techniques for Making Signature Hot Sauces - Paperback

by Jennifer Trainer Thompson (Author)

From mild to blistering, renowned author Jennifer Trainer Thompson offers 32 recipes for making your own signature hot sauces, as well as 60 recipes for delicious dishes that use homemade or commercial hot sauces.

In this fiery cookbook, Thompson walks readers through the different types of chiles and proper storage practices before diving into the hot sauce recipes. Ranging in all spice levels, the sauces are ranked from one chile pepper (mild) to four chile peppers (blistering) and can be used in everything from barbeque and Buffalo wings to bouillabaisse and black bean soup.

Sauces to choose from include:

• Tomatillo Salsa Verde
• Bajan Pepper Rum
• Brazilian Lime Sauce
• Pineapple Curry Sauce

Try making spicy chowders, tacos, salads, and seafood -- even scorchingly delicious cocktails. Bring your own handcrafted heat to your next barbecue and feel the burn!

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How Do You Like Your Hot?

Add a shot of hot sauce to your favorite dishes and spark a fire to thrill your taste buds. Make the hot sauce yourself and you can boost the heat, try out different vinegars, play up a favorite spiece, or adjust other ingredients to make a fiery condiment that's truly your own. Jennifer Trainer Thompson offers everything you need to know about making hot sauces, and then gets you started with 32 recipes that span every style, from a three-ingredient Louisiana hot sauce to a Caribbean concoction redolent of tropical fruits and ginger.