Carolina Reaper Peppers - Pickling?

lkapigian

Dyal_SC said:

@lkapigian , it’s getting happy, cloudy and with plenty of bubbling activity.  Looking fwd to the end of the 3 week wait. The “burps” are smelling nice. Lol. Thx again.  Will report back in 2.5 weeks. 

Awesome @Dyal_SC

Dyal_SC

The pepper medley has been fermenting for about 2 weeks and 2 days. Tasted the brine earlier and it was “HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZNNNIIITTT” hot!!!  Thinking the 30 reapers were a little much. Lol. Flavor was good though. The Xanthan Gum is supposed to arrive tonight, so I’m gonna go ahead and whip up a batch and see what I got. Hoping once I blend up the fermented carrots, onions, sweet peppers, garlic, etc and mix it all together, the heat might mellow out a little.  Stay tuned.
 

lkapigian

Awesome @Dyal_SC it will mellow...id resist and go 3 full weeks....

Dyal_SC

lkapigian said:

Awesome @Dyal_SC it will mellow...id resist and go 3 full weeks....

Ok cool, thx @lkapigian , good to know... if it stands a chance of mellowing out more, I’ll definitely let it go another week. I was wondering if I may have just added too many reapers. The brine is hot as hell. 

lkapigian

You are going to love it when it's done...the brine will be hotter than the final product I have found 

Dyal_SC

Aww yeah... good stuff. Ended up adding in a good bit of rice vinegar (the whole bottle) because I thickened it a little too much with the Xanthan Gum. But the added vinegar made it even tastier in my opinion. Worked well!  Been busy so didn’t get any better pix than this. Lol 

lkapigian

Awesome @Dyal_SC....yup, dont take much gum , Tbs or 2 per full blender 

Dyal_SC

lkapigian said:

Awesome @Dyal_SC....yup, dont take much gum , Tbs or 2 per full blender 

Used only a half Tbsn and it thickened like crazy. 

lkapigian

Dyal_SC said:

lkapigian said:

Awesome @Dyal_SC....yup, dont take much gum , Tbs or 2 per full blender 

Used only a half Tbsn and it thickened like crazy. 

That would be about right I think if you got 3 bottles ...looks killer 

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