I’ve been delving into making hot sauces lately, and no matter how much I blend, it comes out more like very finely diced salsa rather than a sauce, with little tiny shreds of everything I put in there. Anyone in the community have any suggestions on how to sauce it up? Also, any suggestions on how to thicken a sauce without making it chunky?

  • ColdFenix@discuss.tchncs.deM
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    1 year ago

    I blend twice. I blend for a few minutes, then put the peppers in a pan with vinegar and salt and once soft they go back into the blender with the rest of the ingredients until it’s smooth.

  • dap@lemmy.onlylans.io
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    1 year ago

    I blend my sauces in a blender and add a very small amount of xanthan gum to stabilize it and bring it up to the thickness that I want.

  • romor001@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Usually I strain it. The tool I use is called ‘flotte lotte’ in German. And then I take the strained rest and press it through a nut milk sack and press every little precious drop of juice out. The residue of that process is quite dry already. Sometimes I dry this further in the oven and grind into a powder as a spice. But the drying process leaves the kitchen in a firey hot breeze. My wife hates it when I do this.

  • Farksnatcher@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    You can try using a sieve or food strainer. Put your mash on the strainer and push it through with a wooden spoon. I recently purchased a food mill and love it. It really does the trick. I use it for tomatoes when I’m making tomato sauce too.