Pumkpin Drublic

Fermented Ingredients (80 days):
• Scotch Bonnets 63g
• Yellow Reaper 21g
• Carrots 100g
• Sweet Onion 77g
• Garlic 40g
• Brine 3/4 Cups

Fresh Ingredients:
• Pie Pumpkin 381g
• Yellow Onion 140g
• Orange Bell Pepper 144g
• Georgia Fire Garlic 25g
• Honey 3oz
• Brown Sugar 1/4 Cups
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Evan Williams Bourbon 1.5 oz
• White Vinegar 1 Cups
• Apple Cider Vinegar 1/4 Cups
• Water 1/2 Cups
• Xanthan Gum 1/8 tsp

Rinse off your pumpkin, gut out and slice into quarters (mine was slightly smaller than a bowling ball.) Drizzle with olive oil and salt and place skin down on parchment paper in the oven and bake at 425* for 40 minutes, or until the corners start to char. Peel the skin when finished. While that cooks, saute the fresh onion and bell pepper, once those sweat add the fresh garlic cloves. When that browns, bring everything except the xanthan to the blender. Blend on high for 5 minutes, then simmer on low for 30 minutes to cook out the bourbon, skim the solids off the top. Reblend on low with the xanthan for 90 seconds. Bottle, refrigerate. Then have a happy halloween!  

Notes:
• Very thick, has Aguitas moritas beat on viscosity
• Xanthan wasn't added for body but strictly to keep the vinegar bonded. Maybe add another .5 white vinegar, or simmer for less time
• That said I still like where it's at, I've been wanting to make thicker sauces lately. Maybe when cold 
• Garlic forward but I like that
• Medium heat, good pepper to sugar balance
• Bourbon was added on a whim but worked out nicely
• Also was on the fence doubling up on sugar- the honey and brown sugar worked out great and I'm glad I made the move. I thought about adding more fresh carrot but I'm glad that was omitted
• Great color, I like the medium heat
• Last of my individual fancy garlic 🥲
• I cooked the pumpkin the night before and it was a bit under done (I did less heat for less time.) Microwaved for 5 minutes before blend, but maybe should have sauteed with some sugar
• This was a fun recipe that worked out a million times better than I thought. I can recognize the backbone I posses and want to break away from in this, but these are steps in the right direction  
• The important part was the fun
• Batch 2 next year