1 small onion -- chopped
3 cloves garlic -- chopped
1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive oil
1 cup chopped medium-fine carrot
2 cups water
4 Habanero peppers* (or 5 if you are brave… 6 if you have a very low co-pay) – stems removed, minced
3 tablespoons fresh squeezed limejuice
3 tablespoons white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

*VERY IMPORTANT!!! When you chop the peppers you must wear rubber gloves (not the thick Playtex® type for washing dishes, but the kind doctors use; the gloves which third-rate, generic comedians make believe they are snapping on their hands during the mandatory prostate exam bit… You do not have to toss out the seeds, but if you want to most of the heat in in the rib attached to the seeds, so scraped the seeds out carefully. If a few cling to the rib, then let it go. No harm in using it with a few seeds rather than risk losing the rib and its heat. At no time during the process should you rub your eyes or answer “nature’s call.” That last one I know from bitter experience… When you have finished, throw the gloves out and wash the knife and cutting board thoroughly with soapy water. You will regret it if you don’t do this.

I adapted this from a recipe that has been floating around the web. The sauce is a KILLER!

In a non-reactive pot, sweat the onion and garlic in the olive oil until translucent. Add the chopped carrots then slowly add the water. Bring this to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer until the carrots get soft soft. Remove from heat. Add the Habaneros, the limejuice, the vinegar and the sea salt to the carrot/onion/garlic mixture. Place everything in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into sterilized jar (I pour boiling water in the jar and let it sit 10 minutes) and put in refrigerator. Needs refrigeration.

Sorry for the poor picture quality, but I had to crop this image from a bigger one.
I have included the label I use. As you see, I have each bottle blessed by a priest to protect me from the intense heat of this sauce. Feel free to off-load this label for your own bottle. Then, for truth in marketing, get a priest to bless you bottle. Or become a priest yourself and do it. It only takes a moment. I suggest the Progressive Universal Life Church. They have an ordination as well as lots of degrees you can earn. They follow absolutely no doctrine, so you can believe and preach what you want. Pastor Jack, founder of PULC, runs the Church of Tom Jones… Sound like fun? PULC.COM will get you there. Pastor Jack is a riot!

Mere pennies. Stock up on the Habaneros when you find them and rinse, pat dry then put in a zip-lock bag and freeze. They loose none of their heat, just the crispness, when thawed.

Hot Sauce Habanero Pepper