What to do with.....excess chillies

[Dark_Lighter]

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 this 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!

 

[Shewie]

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.

 

[ged]

...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]

For a few i would add to olive oil and use the oil in cooking, oh and in a bottle of Vodka

 

[Peter_t]

tie up some guy you don't like and force feed them to him


pete

 

[Mesquite]

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 this 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... 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

 

[British Red]

I make Thai sweet chilli sauce in large batches of small jars - always popular. There is a photo tutorial on here somewhere

 

[Shewie]

Your wish is answered here... 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

Ooh good link Steve

 

[Mesquite]

Ooh good link Steve

Glad you like it Rich

 

[pteron]

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

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]

If you want a great chilli day out 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 isn't too bad either

 

[Dark_Lighter]

What a responce!! cheers guys, good ideas a cool chilli forum and some days out planned for next year!! awesome

 

[sam_acw]

You can also use them to flavour oils

 

[Shonenknife]

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]

I suppose the standard response in days gone by would be to pickle them.

 

[gregorach]

It's a pretty good response these days too... Unfortunately, I had a lousy crop this year.

 

[MrEd]

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]

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