So I got round to trying out kiwifruit hotsauce on the weekend. The following is an adaption of a tomato-based cola sauce I tried the previous weekend. The core ingredients for the sweet flavour are the kiwifruit and fennel. I'd have used fennel seeds but didn't have any at the time.
The sauce has a nice sharp heat & bite to it, it's reasonably strong and doesn't destroy the flavour of the reaper. I recommend you make it in a well-ventilated area. Open windows, extractor fan etc.
BVC's kiwi reaper sauce
Ingredients:
2.5kg kiwifruit (unpeeled)
3 large onions, diced.
1 can tomatoes, unflavoured (don't ask me why I put this in, it was on impulse)
1.5 cups vinegar (I used apple cider)
1tsp ground coriander
1tsp sweet paprika
1tsp smoked paprika
1tsp ground fennel
1tsp cayenne powder
6 cloves of garlic, crushed
1.5 cups sugar
5x carolina reapers (cheers again Swampy!)
1 cup water
Method
1. Peel and dice your kiwifruit.
2. Mix all ingredients together in a stock pot.
3. Bring to the boil
4. Simmer/reduce for about an hour
5. Blend it. I prefer a stick blender for this.
6. Store it in sterilised jars. Let them cool for a bit before sticking them in the fridge.
If you didn't want to make it too hot you could ditch some of the reapers, or substitute with something like habaneros or whatever you have handy.
I got 1-1.25L of sauce out of this.