Fermented Tomato Hot Sauce

Lacto fermented tomato and Adjuma peppers sauce

This lacto fermentation is quite simple. No out of the ordinary ingredients, no suprises, but still yummy (at least I hope). I use to Adjuma peppers (very fragrant and hot; also easily available in the Netherlands), garlic, onions carrots and tomatoes as a base.

Dates

• start 1st fermentation: 2020.08.27

Ingredients

• 7 Adjuma peppers
• 10 cherry tomatoes
• 2 medium white onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• ginger
• 3 carrots
• 4% salt
• spices
  • bay-leaf
  • fennel seeds
  • black pepper corns

Steps

• place most salt and spices of mason jar
• add and compress veggies (except carrots)
• add remaining salt
• use carrots to block smaller veggies to come to the surface
• ensure ingredients are submerged in the brime
• close the jar

• ensure jar is burped daily, if it has no air lock

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