Moonshine Mojo €“ Garlic Hot Sauce

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 5 bulbs garlic
• 4 -5 habanero peppers, stems removed
• 10 -12 jalapeno peppers, stems removed
• 1 cup pureed baby carrots
• 1/2 cup corn whiskey (moonshine)
• vinegar
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 to roast the garlic: drizzle each bulb with olive oil, wrapping in aluminum foil. roast in oven at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes.
• 2 let garlic cool enough to handle. breaking the bulbs apart, squeeze the individual cloves into a small food processor, pour in moonshine and blend together. when mixed, scrape contents into a large bowl.
• 3 if desired, remove seeds from peppers. i leave the seeds, tossing the entire pepper into the processor ~ minus the stem of course.
• 4 puree 4-5 habanero peppers, add to garlic mixture.
• 5 puree 10-12 jalapeno peppers, add to garlic mixture.
• 6 puree baby carrots, making 1 cup of carrot puree, add to garlic mixture.
• 7 thoroughly mix together.
• 8 depending on your desired consistency of the hot sauce, spoon into 1 or 2 clean and sterilized mason jars. cover just over the top of the carrot-garlic-pepper mixture with vinegar.
• 9 the hot sauce will have a sharp bite at first, let sit in refrigerator for a week for the flavors to blend and mellow.