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Thinking of making some with whats left of the chillies and sending them out for chrsitmas presents

is it just as simple as putting a few whole chillies into some olive oil and leaving?

Also does anyone know where i can get hold of some nice bottles with cork stoppers?

No!!! Boil the chopped up dry chilis in vinegar then pour the oil over.

i get my bottles from http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!11087_11086  very relyable, but you should be able to get cheaper/more pretty ones if you look around

I've put chillies straight into the oil, just as I would  with herbs and other things - why do you need to boil in vinegar first  :-\

Everytime I've just bunged chili's, dry or fresh into oil, they go mouldy after a while! this way seems to beat this, don't know the science but It seems to work!

wow i had alwayed wondered hot to stop things going mouldy!!

thanks biscombe!!

ps - lakeland plastic have a sale on  ;)

There is more on this in some earlier threads.

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,35082.0.html

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,27764.0.html

Plan to try Tim's suggestion of chilli sherry this year.

cheers folks now know what to do, just need to find some fancy bottles and jobs a good un

Quote from: Biscombe on October 14, 2007, 12:07:45
Everytime I've just bunged chili's, dry or fresh into oil, they go mouldy after a while! this way seems to beat this, don't know the science but It seems to work!

I did that too >:( What a waste of chillis and olive oil. I do it properly(boiling in vinegar) now and it does work ;)