IKE’S LIQUID LAVA

• 2 pounds habanero peppers
• 1 pound spanish onions
• 1 gallon water
• 8 TBS Fresh garlic
• 6 cups ketchup
• 1 cup honey
• 1TBS cayenne pepper
• 4TBS seasoned salt
• 4 TBS sugar
• 4TBS black pepper
• 1 cup white vinegar

Steam habaneros & peel onions. Combine peppers, onions and garlic in stock pot with one gallon water. Boil and reduce to one quart. Puree in food processor until very fine. In mixing bowl, whisk together pepper and onion puree with remaining ingredients. Pour into a jar and refrigerate. Serve with crabcakes, seafood or anything else that needs to be fired up.

Ike counts NJ Governor Christie Whitman, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Bill Bradley and Flyer Hall of Famer, Bernie Parent among his crab cake fans. At the risk of seeming a little crabby, he’s not sharing his secret recipe.