Tabasco

Tabasco – so is called a small burning pepper which homeland Mexico is considered. Externally the plant of Tabasco is similar to red chili pepper, usual for us, but pepper of Tabasco do not hang on a bush, and are located on it vertically, and very much remind in appearance tiny paprikas.

Tabasco pepper is known to the world thanks to sir Makalenni who invented the recipe of hot sauce on the basis of this pepper nearly 150 years ago.

Use the ripened red pepper of Tabasco or immature green for preparation of sauce. At green pepper pulp dense, and here at ripe it turns under a peel into paste. Pungency of sauce therefore it is possible to buy "green Tabasco" and "red Tabasco" directly depends on degree of a maturity of peppers, they considerably differ from each other in the tastes.

It is possible to grow up Tabasco pepper even houses – the sizes of a bush allow to land it in a usual pot for room adornment plants. At the correct leaving, and It should be noted that Tabasco is unpretentious, it is possible to wait for a harvest in 3-4 months after planting of seeds.

What attracts so the Tabasco sauce of gourmets around the world with what such unusual contains in its structure?

As prepare and what eat the Tabasco sauce with

The most surprising is the fact that the basis of unique taste of Tabasco is made by only three simple ingredients. Pulp of peppers, salt and white vinegar are a part of Tabasco.

But it is a little simple to mix all these components – the pepper mixed with salt ferments in wooden barrels several years then add vinegar to the turned-out weight.

Ideally, the salt extracted on mines of the island Avery Aylend is a part of Tabasco.

The original Tabasco sauce is that which is made by McIlhenny company. For maintenance of reputation of the product specialists carefully monitor process of collecting raw materials. What is important, collect peppers manually. Working, collectors, select only fruits of a certain ripeness. Not to be mistaken, they compare color of pepper to color of a plate sample which at them always with themselves.

The Tabasco sauce is appreciated its saturated aroma and extraordinary acute taste. That you understood how acute sauce, present that 0,25 teaspoons of Tabasco correspond to a half of a teaspoon of black or white pepper.

It is possible to fill with sauce soups, second courses, snack and salads. By means of Tabasco pickle fish and meat before frying on a frying pan or coals.

For certain you heard about alcoholic cocktail "Bloody Mary". At us he is trained simply – mix vodka with salty tomato juice. But actually, the present recipe of cocktail includes the Tabasco sauce.

And so, to prepare the real "Bloody Mary" for you will be necessary: vodka, Tabasco, Worcester sauce, tomato juice, salt and pepper, lemon juice. Preparation of cocktail requires only one drop of Tabasco, vodka – 45 ml, tomato juice – 60 ml, 2-3 drops of the Worcester sauce, 10 ml of juice of a lemon. You add pepper and salt to taste. It is not difficult to cook drink – just you mix all ingredients with the crushed ice.

It is accepted to give "Bloody Mary" with a celery stalk.

Than the Tabasco sauce is useful?

In sauce there are vitamins: And, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C, E, beta carotene, fatty acids, and such useful substances: sodium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, calcium.

Using regularly sauce it is possible to increase immunity, to improve a metabolism. It is quite possible that for this reason sauce is included in a food allowance of the military personnel of Great Britain and the USA.

Caloric content of sauce is small – only 12 calories in 100 grams, and considering that this product is eaten, in view of the specific taste, not spoons, but drops, those who protects the figure cannot be afraid of effects.

Contraindications

As sauce very acute, it cannot be eaten at inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, heart troubles, in particular, at tachycardia.

Besides, red Tabasco pepper is strong allergen therefore to the people inclined to food allergy, it is necessary to taste sauce with care.