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Dark_Lighter
13-08-2010, 17:51
Hi everyone. Does any one have any good tips for things to do with excess chillies. I have about 3 kg's of them here. I'm ideally after making chilli mash like http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/index.php?target=products&product_id=149this (http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/index.php?target=products&product_id=149) but i cant find a recipe for long-term storage (i.e. not in a fridge)
All other creative and delicious suggestions welcome
(p.s. I usually freeze them for storage but am after doing something a little more hands on)
Thanks! :)
We dry a lot of ours out and use them for cooking, they last for years once they've dried and shrivelled up.
The wife seeded a load of dry ones and coated them in chocolate, different but quite nice I thought.
We've got a recipe for a good chilli jam kicking about somewhere, I'll try and dig it out.
...Does any one have any good tips for things to do with excess chillies ... cant find a recipe for long-term storage (i.e. not in a fridge) ...
I think you can bottle more or less anything vegetable using Kilner jars or similar and then the storage time can be at least a few years. My only reservation with them is that they tend to contain rather a lot, so I feel that smaller jars can offer advantages over larger ones although they take more effort. I've bottled hundreds of kilos of fruit. Come October it seems such a shame to let all those lovely apples go to waste so I'm rushing around with a wheelbarrow for weeks!
budgetbus
13-08-2010, 18:44
For a few i would add to olive oil and use the oil in cooking, oh and in a bottle of Vodka ;)
tie up some guy you don't like and force feed them to him:D
pete
Mesquite
13-08-2010, 18:47
Hi everyone. Does any one have any good tips for things to do with excess chillies. I have about 3 kg's of them here. I'm ideally after making chilli mash like http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/index.php?target=products&product_id=149this (http://www.southdevonchillifarm.co.uk/shop/index.php?target=products&product_id=149) but i cant find a recipe for long-term storage (i.e. not in a fridge)
All other creative and delicious suggestions welcome
(p.s. I usually freeze them for storage but am after doing something a little more hands on)
Thanks! :)
Your wish is answered here (http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/)... one of the best UK sites for chillis with loads of recipes, growing tips and a forum to ask fellow chilliheads when you get stuck :D
British Red
13-08-2010, 18:53
I make Thai sweet chilli sauce in large batches of small jars - always popular. There is a photo tutorial on here somewhere
Your wish is answered here (http://www.chillisgalore.co.uk/)... one of the best UK sites for chillis with loads of recipes, growing tips and a forum to ask fellow chilliheads when you get stuck :D
Ooh good link Steve goodjob
Mesquite
13-08-2010, 19:10
Ooh good link Steve goodjob
Glad you like it Rich :D
We had a freezer malfunction.... (well more of an idiot who left the door open moment) and I had bags of different kinds of chillies in there.
I dried them in the dehydrator and whizzed 'em in the mouli and have the most fantastic chilli powder. It has a kick - probably due to the 5 Dorset Nagas in it :D
PS anyone going to the open day at Sea Spring farm? It's the home of Dorset Naga and a chilitastic day out! 22nd August
Mesquite
13-08-2010, 20:25
If you want a great chilli day out (http://www.westdean.org.uk/Garden/News%20and%20Events/ChiliFiesta.aspx) then the chilli festival at West Dean.
It's already been and gone for this year but put it in your calender for next year :)
The Benington Lordship chilli festival (http://www.beningtonlordship.co.uk/events/chillifestival.shtml) isn't too bad either
Dark_Lighter
13-08-2010, 20:44
What a responce!! cheers guys, good ideas a cool chilli forum and some days out planned for next year!! awesome
You can also use them to flavour oils
Shonenknife
29-09-2010, 12:07
Get a v dry sherry and load it with chillis - the sherry is then decanted after a few weeks. It is then great in cooking, soups etc
Bushwhacker
29-09-2010, 12:15
I suppose the standard response in days gone by would be to pickle them.
gregorach
29-09-2010, 12:23
It's a pretty good response these days too... Unfortunately, I had a lousy crop this year. :(
my brother made a chilli and oinion relish with his bumper crop froom this year, its really nice and goes well with brie etc
iamasmith
29-09-2010, 17:06
Chutney made with Sugar, Chillies, Tamarind Paste, Sultanas, Lime Peel and Vinegar to taste. I do it from time to time with Scotch Bonnet Peppers and it's awseome :)