Tabasco is a series of hot sauces. The world owes the emergence of the recipe and name to the American Edmund McAilenni. A century and a half ago, he created a hot sauce using Tabasco red hot peppers. The main qualities of the sauce are natural ingredients, no fat and low calorie content, minimum amount of salt, versatility in use.
Tabasco sauce recipe
The classic sauce consists of the pulp of hot red Tabasco pepper, vinegar and special salt. Ripe peppers are taken, their pulp is pasty under the skin, not quite ripe or green, with dense pulp. The sharpness of the sauce depends on the degree of maturity of the pepper. Features of the sauce preparation: the peppers are ground, salt is added, and the mass is sent for fermentation in oak barrels. Fermentation period is up to three years. Next, add white vinegar to the sauce paste, mix and filter. The sauce is ready. Can be bottled.
Features of the preparation of the famous sauce
The real sauce is fermented in white oak barrels and the salt is used from the Avery Island mines. Tabasco peppers for the sauce are harvested by hand. The ripeness of each pepper is checked with a standard plate of a certain color. The taste of the sauce and its richness and pungency depend on the degree of maturity of the peppers.
The original Tabasco sauce (sometimes pronounced Tobasco) is produced by the Macalenni company. The hottest sauce is habanero, followed by the classic red and smoked (with chipotle peppers). Less spicy sauces Tabasco - garlic (it contains three types of peppers), green (using jalapeno peppers), "Buffalo" and sweet-hot with oriental spices. All types of sauce, except for the classic one, are aged for significantly less than three years.
A quarter teaspoon of Tabasco sauce can be equated to half a teaspoon of black pepper or a teaspoon of other hot sauces.
Useful properties of Tabasco sauce
The use of sauce for cooking meat and fish, adding to soups and main courses helps to strengthen the immune system and improve metabolism in the body. Due to its beneficial properties, the sauce has been introduced into the diet of astronauts serving the armies of the United States and the United Kingdom. The calorie content of the sauce is only 12 kcal per 100 grams. The sauce contains vitamins A, C, E and group B. The sauce contains fatty acids and beta-carotene, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and calcium, sodium.
The sauce is contraindicated for people with heart disease, especially with tachycardia and gastrointestinal diseases. Tabasco sauce is a strong allergen.
What can replace Tabasco sauce
Zealous fans of Tabasco sauce should head to the nearest supermarket. If this option does not exist, and the time is up to the hour "X" - there are a couple of weeks, you can cook it yourself. The recipe is extremely simple, but the fermentation procedure is lengthy. And instead of small Tabasco, you can use cayenne pepper, it will be larger. Or jalapenos. The main thing is that you have a mask (glasses are also possible), gloves and a strong draft in the kitchen. And do not use utensils in which you cook baby food.
The pepper is ground, mixed with salt, folded into a jar and fermented in a warm place. The fermentation process takes a week or two, depending on the temperature in the house. Then add classic vinegar at the rate of one tablespoon of vinegar to a glass of pepper pulp. You can add garlic or seasonings. Strain and the sauce is ready.
In field conditions, it can be replaced with chili sauce. In an extreme case, when there are no ready-made sauces, apply ground red and sprinkle the dish with vinegar.
