Here is a look inside the pages of our pepper fermentation book Fiery Ferments. Make your own fermented pepper mash—the first step to many a delicious hot sauce. We created a video of this lacto fermentation hot sauce process as well.
Hot sauce is not all the same. You might think its just cholula hot sauce, crystal hot sauce or your favorite Louisiana hot sauce and if you are talking about what is available on your local store shelf maybe. But if you want to make hot sauce its a new world of opportunity. How do you make hot sauce? Its actually really easy and usually it starts with a pepper mash. Pepper mash fermentation is the key to a great hot sauce by developing the flavors of the peppers before acidifying with an acid like vinegar.
Check out our fermentation masterclass on fermented hot sauces. You will learn to ferment hot sauce with any pepper you love. Learning how to make hot sauce from scratch is fun. You can choose blazing hot or super mild peppers, fresh or dry and blend in other flavors. This fermentation class will teach you everything you need to make your own safe probiotic hot sauces. If you are new to fermentation and just trying to figure it out you might start with this article that helps you to understand it from the beginning—what is fermentation and what are the benefits of fermented foods like this basic pepper mash.
