Pique Sauce

adapted from:

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pique-puerto-rican-style-

Ingredients:

• 6 medium jalapeño chiles (about 10 oz.), stemmed, unseeded, and roughly chopped (about 2 1/2 cups)

• 2 cups distilled white vinegar

• 6 medium habanero chiles (about 2 1/4oz.), stemmed, unseeded, and roughly chopped (about 3/4cup)

• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt

• 3 medium garlic cloves, smashed

• 10 whole black peppercorns

Instructions:

1. Combine all liquid ingredients in a 1-quart wide-mouth jar with lid.

2. Add salt - shake to dissolve

3. Cover with lid, and let stand at room temperature 3 days.

4. Transfer to narrow-necked sealable bottles for easier pouring, if desired.