Recipe for "sad" peppers

[caroline7758]

I have 3 green and 1 yellow pepper, all with wrinkly skins and past their best. Any ideas?

[caroline7758]

[GrannieAnnie]

stir fry with beef, maybe  broccoli, garlic, soy sauce and cornstarch thickening, cashews over rice?

[Jeannine]

Pop them in the oven  with a bit of oil till blackened and blistered  , then peel off the skin, it comes away real easy,the flesh will be very soft. I puree this with a dollop of fresh cream and whatever seasoning you prefer and make it into a sauce, try it over braised pork chops.. It is super  and no one would ever know they had been  sad!!

XX Jeannine

Must just add, I have never done this with green, just red ripe ones(I am allergic to green) but don't feel it would make any difference.

[grawrc]

I say it's bad karma to eat sad peppers. Tell them a joke and make them laugh first!  ;)


groan ........ ;D

[queenbee]

If you have excess peppers don't dispair, chop, deseed and dry freeze them. They will keep for months and can be used in all kinds of dishes. 

[caroline7758]

Thanks. Jeannine, I roasted them as you suggested, with some courgettes and an aubegine. the green ones were fine too. I've chopped and mixed some of them with some bulgar wheat for my packed lunch toay. :D

[calendula]

I roast mine when they get like that - halved and pop in some fried onions and either paneer or mozzarella - luvverly

[PurpleHeather]

Take the seeds out and save them for sowing after Christmas. Kitchen paper will save them for you.

It always amuses me that people buy pepper seeds. For years I have used them from those bought in the shops.

They do tend to take a long time to germinate and the temperature has to be good and the seeds only germinate in the dark so have to be covered with half an inch / one centimeter of compost.

Several times I have given up only to find that the seeds are still doing their thing under the soil so be patient and don't over or under water.

Peppers are great to grow, unlike tomatoes they do not need bits taken off or anything other than a pot of their own on a window sill which is not needed for anything else often is enough. They do not like our British weather at all but if you have nothing better to do, when they flower, on a decent day leave them out doors and bring them in at night. When the peppers set, leave them on the window ledge to mature.

Snails love them so watch out for intruders.

Chillis are the same......Grow a full years supply of these on one bush, when harvested, chop and place in ice cube trays, then empty out into a plastic bag and use one ice cube  as one chilli.

Oh yes, the weary flesh can be chopped  as finely as you can and added to any dish, or even frozen for later use.