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Preserve chili pepper house

Preserve chili pepper house

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Three ways to preserve ripe hot peppers in a jar: in vinegar, in grain alcohol, or in oil paint, after a quick blanching and drying.

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Recipe from Atoj, Rotlimena (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This recipe explains how to prepare and preserve your hot peppers in jars. After a quick blanching, you can choose between using cachaça, grain alcohol, or oil paint. Each method will keep the peppers fresh for a long time.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 min
  • Total31 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodpreservation
  • Estimated cost$27.60 $2.76 / serving Estimated price; varies by store.
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

10 people

Preparation

  • $25.55

Hot pepper cocktail with cachaca

  • $0.38
  • $0.43

Hot pepper infused with grain alcohol

  • $0.38
  • $0.43

oil painting of a hot pepper

  • $0.43

Prices from US supermarkets.

Directions

Preparation

  1. Harvest the fully ripe hot peppers and process them immediately to prevent spoilage. ≈ 3 min
  2. Remove any parts damaged by mold, green fruits, and stems. ≈ 3 min
  3. Wash them under running water, then soak them for one minute in boiling water.
  4. Then, immerse them in the ice-cold water. ≈ 3 min
  5. Make sure to thoroughly dry the hot peppers before placing them in a jar. ≈ 3 min

Conservation of the cachaza

  1. For each half-litre of hot peppers, add 1 tablespoon of salt. Fill the jar with the peppers and salt, then pour in the cachaça until it completely covers everything. ≈ 10 min

Grain alcohol preservation

  1. Add 1 tablespoon of salt per half-litre of hot peppers. Fill the jar with the hot peppers and salt, add 50% water, and completely cover the hot peppers with alcohol. ≈ 10 min

Oil painting conservation

  1. Place the selected hot peppers in the jar and pour oil paint over them until they are completely covered. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Preserve chili pepper house

  • 1 kg of ripe hot peppers$25.55
  • 1 tablespoon of salt per half-litre of hot pepper$0.38
  • cachaça, what can I use to completely cover the hot peppers?$0.43
  • 1 tablespoon of salt per half-litre of hot pepper$0.38
  • grain alcohol, enough to completely cover the hot peppers$0.43
  • oil paint, enough to completely cover the hot peppers$0.43

Total$27.60

that's $2.76 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of ripe hot peppers
  • tap water
  • frozen water
  • 1 tablespoon of salt per half-litre of hot pepper
  • cachaça, what can I use to completely cover the hot peppers?
  • 1 tablespoon of salt per half-litre of hot pepper
  • water (50% of the volume)
  • grain alcohol, enough to completely cover the hot peppers
  • oil paint, enough to completely cover the hot peppers

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