Chilli Recipes

[Jugglering]

I bought a very large bag of little green finger chillies at the weekend and am fresh out of ideas of what to do with them (apart from include them in just about every dish I make for the next few weeks.....) Anyone got any tried and tested recipes using a huge quantity of chillies (like a chilli sauce or dip that can be frozen) ?

[guerrilla]

The recipe below is a good green chilli jam recipe that will keep for ever or you can try blending a good hand full of the chillies with equal amounts of demerara sugar, fresh ginger and dark rum with a little salt for a Barbadian meat marinade.

ingredients
* 1 large green pepper
* 12 green chillies
* 350ml (12 fl oz) cider vinegar
* 1 pinch salt
* 900g (2 lb) caster sugar
* 100g (4 oz) liquid pectin
* 4 green chillies, seeded and finely chopped

preparation method

1. Combine the green pepper and 12 chillies in a food processor or blender. Process until finely chopped. This can be done in batches, if the chillies do not fit.
2. Transfer the chillies to a large saucepan, and stir in the cider vinegar. Bring to a boil, and let simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Strain the mixture through at least 2 layers of cheesecloth or muslin, and discard pulp. You should have about 225ml (8 fl oz) of liquid.
3. Return the liquid to the saucepan, and stir in the salt and sugar until dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. When the mixture comes to a rolling boil (one that cannot be stirred down), boil for 1 minute, then stir in the pectin.
4. Stir in the remaining chillies, and ladle into sterile jars leaving a small headspace. Seal jars in a hot water bath. Refrigerate jam after seal is broken.

[Ice.Maiden]

Nice one here......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/lam bwithsquatgreench_86625.shtml

or this one, which only uses 3 ingredients....

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/827/green-chill ies-grilled-with-bacon-and-cheddar.aspx

[Jugglering]

Many thanks to you both ! Brilliant... J is off now to sort out some chillidipping..lol

[Mortartube]

Just put them in a plastic bag and freeze them in future. I have frozen them for up to 9 months. Take one out and chop it when you need to use it in a dish.

They are like sweet peppers, they can just be frozen with no blanching etc.

[Jugglering]

Thanks Mortartube... that's exactly what I ended up doing with half of them - washed, dried and popped into the freezer in a bag.... They were only little babies, so no problem with just pulling out one or two as required ! Thanks for the hint :)