Need a Substitute for Cascabel Peppers

[Perilagu Khan]

Next Sunday I'm cooking a Mexican steak dish that features a sauce made, in part, of reconstituted, pureed cascabels. Small problem: I cannot find cascabels even here in west Texas. Can somebody recommend a substitute?

[jpr54_1]

u cand find dried cascabel peppers, etc. at
www.savoryspiceshop.com

they have excellent spices and herbs-many that are hard to find

[Gio]

According to the Cook's Thesaurus:
"Substitutes: guajillo chile OR pequin pepper (much hotter) OR tepin pepper (much hotter) OR cayenne pepper (hotter)"

Great site...
http://www.foodsubs.com/Chiledry.html

[Perilagu Khan]

Thanks, Gio. I have guajillo, pequin and cayenne at hand. It'll just be a matter of getting the texture and flavor correct without amping up the heat too much.