I did a taste test of the Hot Ones Last Dab sauces this morning. Hot Ones sells them through an online store called Heatonist out of Brooklyn, NY. I have the Moruga Scorpion (left) and the Carolina Reaper (right) versions. I also have their Feiry Chipotle and it’s exceptional. I boiled up some eggs in my usual 7 minute way that leaves the yolk runny but warm. Each got a small dab of the sauce and then was topped with salt, crushed cardamom seads, radish, and chopped spring onions.
At an advertised 2,000,000+ scovile units (as a rule I don’t believe the accuracy of those numbers) it’s an understatement to call them hot. Torture might be more like it. But, the folks at Hot Ones seem to care about flavor as much as heat and these were actually quite flavorful. Both varieties use the same base recipe of distilled vinegar, ginger root, turmeric, coriander, cumin, and dried mustard giving the opportunity to taste the difference in the peppers. The Scorpion pepper had the distinct vinegar flavor that often comes from sauces that about heat not flavor which was a little disappointing. The Reaper on the other had is nicely balanced and has the distinct pepper sweetness and flavor that you might expect from a bell pepper. Oh and pain, they both had pain.
As sauces I give them:
- Reaper 9.5/10
- Scorpion 7.2/10
