What's the white stuff floating in my hot sauce?
Posted Oct 13, 2019, 1:54 AM UTC
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First time making lacto-fermented hot sauce. Only one jar has this white stuff floating around. Did a 5% brine with trinidad scorpions, chiles, and red jalapeno.
Looks like kahm yeast but I was under the impression that it only grew above the brine. Any help is appreciated.
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It’s yeast. It settles and creates sediment but it’s still just yeast.
Unless it’s fuzzy & smells like rot, then it’s mold.
Thanks, that was my suspicion. I may have forgot to rinse some freshly grown peppers.
Think it should effect the taste at all?
Little bit. If you rinse the peppers and don’t use the brine then not really. If you use the brine it’ll have a noticeable yeasty flavor.