Garlic Choco Primotalli

Fermented Ingredients (70 days):
• Chocolate Primotalli 81g
• Yellow Onions 71g
• Garlic 50g
• Brine 3/4 Cups

Fresh Ingredients:
• Sweet Onions 260g
• Garlic 151g
• Red Bell Peppers 191g
• Limes 1 Juiced
• White Vinegar 1.25 Cups
• Water 1/2 Cups
• Brown Sugar 1/4 Cups
• Salt 1 tsp
• Xanthan Gum 1/4 tsp

Saute the fresh onions and bell peppers until they start to char and lose color. Remove and add the fresh garlic, cooking until that browns. Blend everything except the xanthan gum on high for five minutes, then simmer on low for 20 minutes skimming solids off the top. Let cool and reblend with the xanthan gum on low for sixty seconds. Bottle, refrigerate.

Notes:
• First time using chocolate primos, pretty excited
• I wasn't sure what to do with this sauce when conceptualizing it. I didn't think any fruits would play with the earthiness of a chocolate pepper so I just fell back on garlic
• That said, I still added some brown sugar for balance
• I wanted more garlic in this, but two of the heads I bought were compromised and I didn't feel like driving back to the store. I think the 151g of fresh stuff was 3 heads totaled
• Garlic is still very noticeable but the peppers still take center stage
• Very spicy. I've heard people say they think the choco primo is the hottest pepper out there but I disagree. For sure it's up there on my personal scale, but for my money I still have reapers as the hottest I've worked with pretty consistently from different growers. Noticeably hotter than regular red primos though
• Flavor is very floral and earthy. I don't know what else I really expected. Not my favorite but still really good
• Color is a bit brighter than I thought it'd be. I used a red bell on purpose to try and keep the dark color of the peppers but it's still closer to a red than a brown
• Glad I was able to try this finally. I'd throw in more garlic next time and reconsider adding any sugar, but this was a good sauce to get to know the variant