What to do with all of those peppers in the garden ?
Here is a simple and easy method to employ up all of those raging peppers – make sweet hot pepper flake . We love them on pizza , orchis , or any other dish we want to spice up with a petty heat and tang .
We even make different variety of pepper bit bet on the peppers that are ready to blame .
We have made cayenne , jalapeno , Cajun Belle and even Habanero ( very hot ! ! ! ) eccentric from all of our extra peppers . Many fourth dimension we will apply them all and make a mix .
Much like you would do when canning – you want to choose the courteous and skillful wait of your black pepper for drying .
Wash and gargle the peppers off , cut off the stem and then dry out them off with a towel and office on cooky sheets .
verify you line the biscuit sheets with atomic number 13 foil before placing the peppers on them – we find out the hard way that dry out peppers on unprotected cookie weather sheet can leave an aeonian heat to anything you broil on them afterwards 🙂
We can fit 4 load up cookie sheets of pepper on the two racks in our oven – and then we just simply turn on the high temperature to a very gloomy setting ( commonly 160 to 170 degrees on ours )
We will let them roast on low-toned for about 8 to 10 hours . If you have to leave – no worry – just sour off the oven and re-start again when you add up home – no harm done at all to the drying peppers .
We will often dry out them in the evening – and then turn off before bed – and finish drying the next sunup or evening .
When your peppers have turned frizzy and dry ( usually 8 to 10 hour – but it can be a few more or less bet on the dryness of the peppers ) – take them out and let them cool off all .
Then place into your intellectual nourishment processor or food for thought meat cleaver – and in a matter of seconds you have fresh home base - made pepper flakes .
If you want to make hot pepper pulverization ( like cayenne ) – just simply take your flakes and melt down them through a solid food mill to remove the seeds – and your left with a o.k. powder that can be used in dishes , soups , and sauce .
One last great use for the red-hot pepper pulverization – mix up a few teaspoons of hot pepper fleck or powder in a gallon jug of pee .
permit it put up for a mean solar day or two and then apply a Mr. to apply to plants where bunnies or other critters can be a job .
One taste of the hot pepper on the farewell and they lean to leave it alone . Just remember to re - utilize after any rainfall that might wash off the hot spray .
Last but not least – a few forethought when working with red-hot peppers :
Always wear rubber mitt to prevent your hands from absorbing the heating from the peppers – from experience – I can tell you that it ’s no merriment to have your men injure for day from handling raw capsicum pepper plant .
When heating in your oven – you will definitley notice the smell and a small heat in the air from the peppers as they dry – we always keep a window or two open to help keep it from bothering us too much .
When grinding up in your food for thought processor – we actually take ours to the porch back screen in porch to grind – just to avoid the sneezing dust that can come with the grind .
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– Mary and Jim
