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NOG · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 05:59 PM

My son gave me a packet of Chilli seeds so I had to plant them.

Now I have four plants of Green Chilli that are turning Red but I don't know what to do with them.

Any ideas?

Anyone have a recipy for a sweet chilli sauce?

nick the grief · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 08:47 PM

I take mine to work & give them to one of the guys at work (Arshad Ali) then his wife (who is a magician) turns them into Samosa's & chilli dip !!!

Excellant

vicki · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 11:16 PM

I have put a recipe for chilli jelly in another thread 'help- glass jars' - you might like to try that?! I'm afraid I don't know how to move it from that thread and I can't retype it 'cos I've had a couple of glasses of wine and my fingers don't work properly!!
Enjoy

Alice · #4 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 11:27 PM

I like your style Vicki

vicki · #5 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 11:48 PM

for medicinal purposes only Alice - I couldn't face the ironing without it!!!!!

bramble · #6 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 01:08 AM

Did it affect your ironing skills Vicki?

Silverfox · #7 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 11:56 AM

If they are mild try stuffing them with cream cheese like jalapino poppers. just grill them until lightly brown on top. serve on a bed of salad leaves - great starter or party snack.

Also dry some out, they flake up great and you can use them as a seasoning on nearly everything, chicken, stake, fish etc.

vicki · #8 (**permalink**) 11-08-2006, 12:37 PM

mmm, I like the idea of stuffing them - that sounds delish!

dexterdoglancashire · #9 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 12:14 AM

And I thought it was only me who couldnt face the ironing without a certain "treat"! Hey girls, we deserve it!

dexterdog

ugly gourd · #10 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:08 PM

Chocolate chillies
deseed chillies soak in vodka for 5 days then melt some plain chocolate add a little vodka fill the chillies with this then dip in more melted plain chocolate
(Ijust use plain cooking chocolate)

NOG · #11 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:13 PM

Nick how do I get my pile of Chilli to Arshad Ali's wife. We all like Samosa's & chilli dip.

I took mine into work but my PA told me where to put them and it wasn't in a Samosa....

Note to self.......Next time interviewing for PA don't pick the scary one.

nick the grief · #12 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006, 08:14 PM

Lol bet it would sting a bit too

Saoirse · #13 (**permalink**) 13-08-2006, 12:14 PM

RE the chilli jelly: the recipe says bring to a rolling boil for not for how long. Has anyone tried it out yet, as I would have thought that you need to test for some kind of setting point before taking it off the heat.

Advice welcome!

Nicky

vicki · #14 (**permalink**) 13-08-2006, 07:01 PM

not sure! The recipe just says 'bring to a rolling boil and then allow to cool 20 mins'. I'll try and find out!

frost · #15 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ugly gourd

Chocolate chillies
deseed chillies soak in vodka for 5 days then melt some plain chocolate add a little vodka fill the chillies with this then dip in more melted plain chocolate
(Ijust use plain cooking chocolate)

Wow like the sound of this, can you please tell me how long they keep for?
Usually pickle the chillis for OH, maybe I'll get a look in........ us girls must have chocolate... its the law!

Nicos · #16 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 08:33 PM

Would just like to remind all you chilli growers that the plants are perenniel if kept indoors and will produce many more fruit next year!
Chucked mine out too soon last year and regretting it big style now! ( nearly ready to pick the 1st one with only 2 or 3 to follow!!)

Nicos · #17 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 08:39 PM

I can see Xmas pressies coming on!!

JennieAtkinson · #18 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 08:41 PM

Ah .......... so my 48 plants of leaves will grow fruit next year ? I've just got an extended season

Saoirse · #19 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 08:44 PM

Thanks for the tip Nico about chillies being perenniel: I'll bring some of mine into the house. Presumably get much earlier fruit too.

On the jelly front: I reckon that you either have to include something like apples to make it set, or bought pectin, or gelatine sheets. I don't think that the recipe will work as it is. Anyone tried it yet?

Nicky

NOG · #20 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 09:40 PM

Do they like to be moved...cos I will have to dig up mine and move them in to the Green house.

blackkitty · #21 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 10:42 PM

Saoirse, I think the recipe should work. I'm going to try it later when I have more ripe chillies. It specifies jam sugar which is sugar that has pectin already mixed with it, not to be confused with preserving sugar which is bigger granules.

Filbert · #22 (**permalink**) 14-08-2006, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicos

Would just like to remind all you chilli growers that the plants are perenniel if kept indoors and will produce many more fruit next year!

Just wondering if the same would apply for sweet peppers as well as chillis?

Silverfox · #23 (**permalink**) 15-08-2006, 11:10 AM

Hi all, I made my jelly on Sunday and it worked very well. The only thing I would say is that the cider vinegar is a bit to tart even on top of the taste of all that sweet sugar. I only made a 1/4 of the recipe just as a test and it made a jam jar full.

I think I am gonna play around with the recipe and maybe boil down some tomatos and the liquidize and use that juice instead of the cider.

Anyway the jelly sets no problem and the bits float inside it making it look very classy.

Saoirse · #24 (**permalink**) 15-08-2006, 03:50 PM

Ah thanks Silverfox! Great news that it will work: I can't wait to make some as I'm really getting into making preserves and stuff. Made some lemon curd the other day using our hens eggs: not our own lemons I hasten to add, but yummy all the same.

Nicky