Recipe - El Fuerte Hot Sauce

4 cup Water
6 lg Ripe tomatoes; chopped
20 Dried guajillo or new mexico
chiles seed; devein
20 Dried de arbol or japones
chiles
10 md Garlic cloves; peeled
2 cup Red wine vinegar or other
strong vinegar
Salt

Bring water to a boil and add tomatoes, chiles, garlic, oregano and a cup
of vinegar. Add salt. Cook uncovered for fifty minutes or until it become
semithick. Add vinegar and adjust seasonings. Process in a blender or food
processor. Strain.

Sterilize 6 to 8 small bottles, caps and a funnel. Fill hot jars with the
sauce. Seal, cool to room temperature. Refrigerate.

Adapted for MM from Cuisine of th Water Gods by Patricia Quintana with Jack
Bishop ISBN 067174898X
Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "M. Hicks" nitro_ii@email.msn.com on Feb 2,
1998