Fermented Hot Sauce: Using Your Chilli Glut

The Fermentation AdvantageCommercial hot sauces like Tabasco are fermented — the process develops complex layered flavour notes including fruity, savoury, and umami qualities that cannot be replicated by simply blending fresh chilli with vinegar. It also produces a sauce with natural preservation properties and a complexity that home blenders using fresh chilli struggle to match.Basic Lacto-Fermented Hot SauceRemove stems from 500g of ripe chillies (wear gloves). Process with 2% of total weigh…