Pickling

[JoeCocker]

Picked my last courgettes this morning, going to pickle them using the Jamie Oliver recipe in his book,Jamie at home. I've got lots of chilli's , has anyone pickled these, and if so how do you do it, do they require blanching first?

[JoeCocker]

[Suzanne]

I have pickled these in the same way I do dill pickled cucumber. No blanching but you do need to salt them to remove the water ahead of pickling, plus boil the vinegar.

Delia's recipe

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/preserve/sour-dill-pickles.html

[InfraDig]

I think this is going to sound silly! How do you use pickled chillies? Can you cook with them?

[macmac]

I think this is going to sound silly! How do you use pickled chillies? Can you cook with them?

I 'd like to know HOW to pickle chillis

[manicscousers]

we freeze some and dry the rest, the dried ones are crushed and put into a pepper mill  :)
not seen a recipe for pickling them

[macmac]

we freeze some and dry the rest, the dried ones are crushed and put into a pepper mill  :)
not seen a recipe for pickling them

me neither Manic that's why Im asking :)

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

I wanted to pickle some chilis this year, but there aren't really enough of the right type. They're ever so nice, especially the big long mildish ones. And no I didn't get as far as a recipe either

[rentawreck]

Usually lower heat chillies are used for pickling as they are normally eaten in the hand.

Hot chillies are often used to infuse other pickled veg with flavour and heat i.e. one hot chilli in a small jar of pickled garlic cloves.

I often preserve my chillies so that I have chopped garden chillies (like the jars you can buy in the shop) all year round for cooking.

Recipe

6oz of Chillies
1 level teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of good white wine vinegar

Put everthing into a blender and whizz till quite fine.   Decant into small jars and keep refridgerated.   Be careful if they are hot chillies as the fumes given off can sting the eyes so ventilate the working area well.   Done this way mine keep flavour/colour for over a year to be added to my cooking in the normal way.

[MetMan]

We pickled around 150 thin green chillies grown in the grren house, following either a Delia or jamie recipe.

Just started eating them with salads, cheese & cold meats.
Although we de-seeded them they are hot !!

Metman

[manicscousers]

how about preserving in oil?
this is for sweet peppers but I suppose it's the same for chillies, then you could cook with them  :)
roast and skin 3lb peppers, marinate in lemon juice with crushed garlic, cover and refrigerate for 24 hours..drain and pack into sterilised jars..mix the liquid from the marinade with more lemon juice and olive oil, heat to 80c and cover the veg and seal..ready to eat in 4 to 6 weeks..according to the recipe it will keep for 12 months

[Robert_Brenchley]

I just mince them up in a blender, put them in jars and cover with vinegar. They keep for months in the fridge.

[macmac]

my mouths watering will try some of those. :)
rentawreck how do you do pickled garlic cloves? i really fancy those

[valmarg]

This is another Jamie Oliver recipe.

PICKLED CHILLIES

Pickled chillies are absolutely superb.  They are brilliant because they can just sit in the fridge waiting to be used.   I particularly like to use them in stir-frying or in broths or to eat them just as they are with some cheese and bread.

600g/1lb 5oz medium green chillies
15 black peppercorns
5 bas leaves
3 tablespoons coriander seeds
5 teaspoons salt
6 heaped tablespoons caster sugar
1 litre/1¾ pints white wine vinegar or rice vinegar

For this recipe you must use perfect green chillies without any blemishes (you can use red chillies, but they will be slightly hotter).

Carefully score from the stalk end to the tip on one side only and remove the seeds (use the handle of a teaspoon for this).  Pour boiling water over the chillies, let them sit for 5 minutes, then drain.  This will get rid of most of the seeds left behind.

Next put the black peppercorns, bay leaves, coriander, chillies and salt into a large jar, or other airtight container.  Put the sugar and the vinegar into a pan and heat until the sugar is fully dissolved.  When this is quite hot, but not boiling, pour it into the jar with the chillies.  Allow I to cool down and then put the lid on.

Put in the fridge and leave for a minimum of two weeks before using.  They will keep in the fridge for at least four months.


Use gloves when deseeding the chillies, as they do make your fingers tingle. ;D

They can be used chopped, instead of fresh chillies.

You can of course freeze the chillies, or dry them.

valmarg

[macmac]

Valmarg do you take the stalks off ?

[valmarg]

Valmarg do you take the stalks off ?

If memory serves me, yes. ;D

valmarg