Beating the Heat!

The Hot Habanero Chil Pepper

The Hot Habanero Chile Pepper

A chile’s heat is produced in the placenta - the sack under the stem - and carried in the seeds and veins of the chile pepper.

If you want to lower the heat and up the flavor, then simply remove the seeds and veins. Additionally, adding fruit will help lower the thermostat.

Or, if you want to crank up the heat, then chop the seeds to release more of the capsaicin.

When preparing dishes with chile peppers, some cooks protect their hands with gloves when handling the chiles.

The Hot Chile Peppers for Hot Sauces

There are countless varieties of Latin American Chiles. Capsaicin is the compound in chiles and hot peppers that make them hot. Chile heat is measured in Scoville units, which is the amount of water and time it takes to neutralize chile heat after ingestion.

Since many don’t agree on the measurements for each chile, we will use a rating from 1 to 10 from now on, with 10 being the hottest.

Dried chilies, pickled chiles, chile hot sauces, and even fresh chiles can be ordered online. Or consider growing your own. Chile seeds may be available at garden shops and are available online.

New Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe

This is a carrot based hot sauce. It’s real good for flavoring your food. Try on eggs for a morning wakeup, add to chili or soup.

Use your imagination because this type of hot sauce tastes delicious when used to spice up foods like holiday stuffing, pasta salad, guacamole, and more.

You can purchase this type of hot sauce in many varieties that are carrot based.

However fresh ingredients are always better. It’s even better yet if you grow your own ingredients in your greenhouse.

This is a very hot sauce. Use caution at first.

Habanero Pepper Sauce – Heat Up Any Meal

Habanero means ‘from Havana” and is believed to have originated in Cuba, with subsequent introduction to the Yucatan peninsula. Habaneros are the hottest of peppers with the Scoville heat units (SHU) ranging from 100,000 to 350,000. The habanero’s heat, its fruity, citrus-like flavor and floral aroma make it chief ingredients of the Habanero pepper sauce. If you are of the type who has a fiery palate, then Habanero Pepper Sauce is just the sauce for you.