I posted this to :reddit-logo: on the /r/hotsauce but then I got deleted because who the fuck knows. You all certainly have better taste anyways.
Ingredient list:
Ramp/elderberry infused ACV. Dehydrated ramp leaves, dehydrated garlic scrapes, more garlic, smoked onion, dracula, Thai, black Thai, black Hungarian ghost, black pearl, scotch bonnet, and habanero peppers.
(Ramp is a type of wild leek if you're unfamiliar like I was, has an oniony garlic flavor)
Legit one of the best things I've ever tasted, and I need to convince the maker to go bigger production ASAP.
Has an almost balsamic taste? In the best possible way though. Its heat hit fast, but potent, then you're just left with a complex blend of onions and garlic flavors lingering forever. Color is a very muted green.
I've been going through it so fast, and it's mega limited due to the maker foraging and growing most of the ingredients themselves. It'll be at least a year till I can get some more so I'm wondering if there's something anywhere near that with the big blend of peppers and garlics and onions
I know there will likely be nothing exactly the same out there lol.
I'm a big fan of El Yucateco, I recently got hooked on both their Carribbean habanero and "xxxtra hot mayan recipe" habanero. Both really solid sauces and pretty easy to find. Haven't seen it in years but "Brother Bru Bru's African pepper sauce" is pretty damn tasty and that Carribbean sauce by El Yucateco kinda matched the flavor profile so that was a nice find. Marie Sharpe's is a nice sauce from Bolivia, it uses carrot as an additive so its got a nice orange color and it adds a bit of "bulk" to the sauce.
I'm also a big fan of a kind of "sauce" you make at home but its not really a salsa, it's more a like a pickle. Super easy and delicious though. Squeeze a lime or two and add salt and water to create a simple acidic brine. Then add thinly sliced habanero and serrano and then whatever you want to brine. My gf taught me the recipe using onion slices but we also tried it with chunks of mango and damn those were delicious. Sweet heat! Nice dessert item for those that love chilis. The onion version should last a couple weeks in the fridge and as you eat the onion you can replace with fresh to keep it going. Although its better the next day as the flavors have more time to get into the onions it should be ready within an hour or 2 if you want to consume it same-day. My next goal is to do it with fresh pineapple. I still have 2 bright red homegrown habaneros left from the garden to play with.
Edit: oh and you can just sprinkle a spoon of the brine over your taco instead of squeezing a lime, I highly recommend that, super delicious alternative.
The standard El Yucateco habanero beats the hell out of 95% of habanero hot sauces. Great flavor and just the right amount of heat for a habanero sauce.
Most sauces labeled habanero or hotter just taste like jalapeno with some more heat, which is always super disappointing.
Yeah I've got the full el yucateco line going in and out throughout the year here. big fan of the green stuff
It's a great everyday sauce that I won't feel guilty about using up because it's so easy to find a replacement.