I too was going to suggest freezing them as they become ripe. A few other ideas: - prick a chilli with a toothpick then put it into a bottle of vodka. Chilli vodka in a month or so - Prick a chilli and add to a bottle of oil to use in cooking. Garlic/rosemary etc can be added too - Blitz with onions, oil, garlic, paprika etc for a peri peri marinade/coating for chicken - If you have apples, you can boil them for the pectin to make chilli jam. Otherwise just use jam sugar or shop bought pectin
My recipe for chilli jam has a bit more going on and is great with grilled or BBQ'd belly pork and sausages, chicken, burgers and in ham butties. Good with grilled veggies such as courgettes too.
Don't forget tosave some seed for swoing next year when you clean your chillies.
Sweet chili jam with
garlic and ginger
225g chilli peppers
400g red bell pepper - cleaned,
deseeded and roughly chopped 600g onion - chopped 400g tin chopped tomatoes 1.5kg sugar 750ml white/red wine vinegar (cider vinegar is also
good) 50g ginger 1 head garlic - cloves peeled 1 tbs sea salt
Add the cleaned and prepared chillies, peppers, onions, garlic and
ginger to a large pan with the vinegar and salt and blend with a hand blender
(or in an electric blender before putting in the pan if you don't have one)
until well mixed together - keep your eyes out of the way as any splashes
would be very painful!
Add the
sugar, stir with a wooden spoon and bring to a rolling boil for about
45-60 minutes until thickened and the wooden spoon leaves a trail when stirred
in the bottom on the pan. Skim off any
'scum' that rises to the surface.
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I have a recipe for Pineapple and Chilli sauce which I am very tempted to try out this year. My chilies are in a transitional stage at the moment, they are turning from green to black and I assume, will then turn red. I have just moved the plant into a shaded corner as it was starting to suffer leaf scorch.
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- prick a chilli with a toothpick then put it into a bottle of vodka. Chilli vodka in a month or so
- Prick a chilli and add to a bottle of oil to use in cooking. Garlic/rosemary etc can be added too
- Blitz with onions, oil, garlic, paprika etc for a peri peri marinade/coating for chicken
- If you have apples, you can boil them for the pectin to make chilli jam. Otherwise just use jam sugar or shop bought pectin
Don't forget tosave some seed for swoing next year when you clean your chillies.
Sweet chili jam with garlic and ginger
225g chilli peppers
400g red bell pepper - cleaned, deseeded and roughly chopped
600g onion - chopped
400g tin chopped tomatoes
1.5kg sugar
750ml white/red wine vinegar (cider vinegar is also good)
50g ginger
1 head garlic - cloves peeled
1 tbs sea salt
Add the cleaned and prepared chillies, peppers, onions, garlic and ginger to a large pan with the vinegar and salt and blend with a hand blender (or in an electric blender before putting in the pan if you don't have one) until well mixed together - keep your eyes out of the way as any splashes would be very painful!
Add the sugar, stir with a wooden spoon and bring to a rolling boil for about 45-60 minutes until thickened and the wooden spoon leaves a trail when stirred in the bottom on the pan. Skim off any 'scum' that rises to the surface.