Cayenne Pepper & Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce

My cayenne pepper crop finally got enough ripe peppers to start making some hot sauce, so I got busy this afternoon and whipped up a batch of cayenne and roasted garlic hot sauce. This sauce is not extremely hot. In fact, I'd probably classify it in the milder range of hot sauces but it does have a tremendous flavor! This recipe was inspired from the following video:

Here's the recipe and instructions:

Roasted Garlic and Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce

Ingredients:

1lb fresh cayenne peppers, tops removed
1 medium onion coarsely chopped
2-3 carrots peeled and coarsely chopped
1 bulb of garlic (topped and roasted at 400 for 30 minutes, drizzled with olive oil, salt, pepper
2 cups white distilled vinegar
1 1/2 cups light colored beer
1 1/2 cups water
1 tbsp plus 1 tsp kosher salt
1/4 cup liquid pectin

Directions:

Add water, vinegar, beer, onions, carrots, cayenne peppers, roasted garlic, and salt to a stock pot and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer for 45 minutes to one hour. Remove from heat and cool to near room temperature. Add contents of the stock pot to a blender along with the 1/4 cup of liquid pectin and blend thoroughly. After blending, strain through a strainer to remove excess pulp and seeds (or leave it in if you want to). Bottle it up!

Copyright/Usage Info:

[fredferd]

This is Good! Most hot sauce makers add big gobs of the hottest stuff they can find. They wind up with stuff that would take the paint off of a battleship. People forget that FLAVOR is more important than HEAT! This man is doing it

[ascuba]

I had been searching for a good mid level flavorful pepper sauce recipe this was great

[ellenweiner]

Looks great! Cant wait to try it. How long is this good in the jar for? Expiration date?

[watchandjewelryloft]

Great video. I just picked a bunch of Cayennes and a few Golden Cayennes I had ripe. Think I'll mix them and make this recipe. I also have a second wave of habaneros coming I may do this with too!

[chertzle]

I smoke all the solid ingredients except for the roasted garlic. Good smoky flavor.

[AW_]

I know what you mean about hot pepper suce and fruit.I used to make a jamaican hot pepper sauce with scotch bonnet and mango as two of the main ingredients.

[norinovak]

Next project is going to be this sauce for sure. Can you taste the smoke flavor?

[talonbell]

Does it have a strong vinegar taste to it You did an awesome job

[gringowiththelingo]

Thanks for this video...im growing my peppers now

[chertzle]

Is there a substitute for the liquid pectin?