My first Cayennes, how do you guys preserve yours, Dried, frozen?
Chillies
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Been gardening for over 65 years and still learning.
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I pickle mine, sliced. then they are ready to use like fresh whenever you need them.
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I store all our ripe ones whole in the freezer u til we have enough to cook them down into a paste. This is then stored in a jar in the fridge where it keeps for months, and we can just use a teaspoonful or whatever is needed i recipes without the hassle chopping them up and worrying about accidentally rubbing fingers in eyes., etc.
They do store perfectly whole in bags in the freezer.
They do store perfectly whole in bags in the freezer.
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Hi Colin, not quite....I soak them in brine for about 30mins-hour (already sliced) then warm some vinegar with a bit of sugar, and i add mustard seeds too. Heat jars in the oven at 100 for 30 mins, then while still warm, stuff chillies in jars and cover with the warm vinegar. I have found they keep for at least a year like this.
I have grown Jalapeno chillies for the first time this year. I don't use them but intend to put most of them on our allotment Michalmas stall when they are red. But a neighbour always preserves them in olive oil. He makes a small hole in the top and drizzles in the oil then packs them into a jars and covers with more oil. The oil takes the flavour and can be used as well. I only have his word for it.
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I grew chillies by mistake this year (they were plants labelled "sweet pepper"!) but I've made good use of them - the chef at the local pub takes them and I get a few pints of Dark Star bitter in exchange. Oh, I do love barter.
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I left the flap up on the plastic greenhouse the other night, in the morning my jalapenos were black I thought they had had it. A couple of days later they are turning red, what a relief.