I have an abundance of habanero peppers right now. What can I do with them that is unique? How can I preserve them?
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I have an abundance of habanero peppers right now. What can I do with them that is unique? How can I preserve them?
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If you really wanted to try that you could lightly score the inside of the pepper to open the sacks with the chili oil, then rinse with a high proof vodka or grain alcohol which will dissolve the oil into itself.
Jar them and cover with clean alcohol and leave soak overnight and change again if too hot still.
This should remove enough of the hot capsicasum from them but leave you the flavour. Hopefully it will let you stuff them and cook them without the fruit being too soft from extended pickling. Ive never tried this personally but it sounds like it might work.
Personally, I wouldn't use these babies to make stuffed peppers. Eating a whole habañero pepper would be waaay too intense for a normal human to endure. Unless you have taste buds of steel, I'd choose another option! (Those goat cheese peppers do look delish, though)
Now I have a bottle of golden yellow vodka thats like hot sauce. I can cook with it or give as He-Man shots.
For chilis like in the photo:
250gr fresh goat cheese
2 table spoons grated regiano
50gr chopped walnuts
salt and pepper
a bit of olive oil
Mix cheese, 1 tablespoon of regiano, walnuts and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.
Cut the chilis lenghwise and remove the inner white stuff and seeds. Gently stuff with the mixture.
Pad a small baking pan with baking paper and put a bit of olive oil with the finger on it. Lay the chilis open side up and sprinkle with the rest of the regiano. Roast for 15 minutes at 180c in the oven, or until they start to show color.
Source in Hebrew: http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,582,209,51612,.aspx
I don't know about pickling them though, they are sooo hot. How would I use them?
I did make a great hot sauce which I guess I could freeze. Safely preserving things alway makes me crazy.
(i am onelostshoe)