Does anyone know what kind of peppers these are?
When my CSA pickup included these gorgeous long red peppers, I knew I needed to do something special with them. Something where I could enjoy them for awhile. I remembered that I had seen some chili infused vinegar in one of my cookbooks (isn't it amazing that I can remember that, yet the other day, while standing, dripping wet, drying off after my shower, I couldn't remember if I had washed my hair or not).
So, anyway, I went and checked my preserving food section of my cookbook shelf. Yes, I have a preserving food section, it's actually the only organized section that I have, so don't be too impressed.
I found the instructions in Well Preserved: Small Batch Preserving for the New Cook
by Mary Anne Dragan. It's super easy, and it looks lovely in my fancy Lorina Lemonade bottle. I plan on sprinkling this on everything, just imagine it on some greens!
Hot Chili Pepper Vinegar
Makes about 4 cups
3-4 hot chili peppers, preferably red
4 cups cider vinegar
Using a small knife, make 3 or 4 slits in each pepper. In a nonreactive pot, heat the vinegar over a medium low heat just to a simmer.
Remove the pan for the heat, add the peppers, and let it cool slightly.
Place the peppers in a clean, dry, sterilized jar, and pour in the vinegar. Cover it loosely and allow it to cool to room temperature. Cap or stop with a cork, and seal with wax. (I don't seal with wax, even when using cork).
20 comments:
Hubby LOVE to cry when he eats...I'll pass it on! :)
Looks like Cayenne. By the shape and size they are hot! The longer you soak them, the hotter that vinegar will be!
I love my greens covered in pepper vinegar! That is a very nice photo of the red peppers.
infusing vinegar with the magnificent heat of hot peppers is a brilliant idea, pam! it's quite picturesque, too. :)
Well, of course, they're curly peppers. One bite and your stick straight hair will curl.
Great idea. My husband and I would both really love this vinegar.
Yep, I would say red cayenne.
Great idea to put them in vinegar.
You could infuse some oil for some spicy popcorn!
Or, you can make chili oil.
WOW, those peppers are beautiful! As to what kind of peppers? I think Marjie said it best !
Not sure what kind of peppers they are, but I'm guessing by size and time of the year, that those will have a kick.
Mmmmmm I can imagine them on fried eggs right now for some reason.
those look just like the long cayenne peppers we've been growing in our garden this year. Nice and spiceh!
That is a great idea to make a chili vinegar. Maybe a chili oil would be great too!! I do the same thing in the shower about my hair.
Peppers that pretty deserve to be appreciated and used in a unique way. What a good idea!
I think you are preserving space in your brain for the important, food-related stuff. Hair washing is just not a priority.
Je me suis amusée à faire mon huile pimentée ce week end, avec des piments, un petit délice
I love this idea! In addition to tasting great, it looks lovely on the shelf!
I am so doing this! It's easy enough even for me.
So pretty--love chili oil. . I saved some lemonade bottle to put something in but haven't done anything yet.
Yes, they look like cayenne...and they're gorgeous!
My brother brought me some hot red chiles from his farmers market, and I made roasted chile oil. Don't know the name of them either, they are much wider than yours. I might do what you did and ask the folks out there.
LL
These pepper chillis look like the variety Pinoccio's Nose that I grew this year. Bought the seeds from Thompson & Morgan. Easy to grow, and produced loads of chillis. So far I've cooked with them, frozen them, dried them and bottled chilli oil and I'm still giving them away! I haven't found them too hot.
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