Mini Sweet Pepper glut...

[Earthgirl Jen]

Looking for alternative ideas to make the most of these little sweet beauties...

It looks like planting 3 plants to a 30lit pot, I have 6 x 30lit pots! of them, in order to get some early ripened sweet peppers paid dividends

I couldn't be more pleased with the results considering the lovely warm weather we've had early on in the season...


Picked yesterday 101 mini sweet peppers...


They just keep coming at the moment...

[Scoot]

Wow. I'm lucky to get half a dozen sweet bell peppers off each plant.

[chillithyme]

Plants and peppers look wonderful Which variety are they, I might grow them next year?

[Penellype]

Peppers freeze well, so you could chop some and freeze for later. I like them in sauces with tomatoes, or on a pizza. They also make a nice blended soup with tomatoes, onions and courgettes.

[chillithyme]

I didn't read your post properly I was so mesmerised by all of the peppers!

-roast,grill,fry,bbq
-stuff with rice and herbs or whatever you fancy
-salads
-ratatouille
-pepper,paneer cheese, onion stir fry with spices
-add to noodle stir fry
-add to a morning fry up
- pepper and potatoe cooked with spices

Can you tell I love peppers

[Scarlet]

I use mine for preserves usually...pickled, sauce or jam, or for adding bulk in chutney ( add in some hot ones for a kick
They also freeze well roasted as well as raw.

[Mitzi]

Wow, that's an incredible harvest. Congratulations! No suggestions from me, though, sorry.

[Lumpy]

Stuffed with a softish cheese. Either a plain or blue variety. Very addictive as a snack in front of a good film.

[Philthy]

Nothing to add on the usage, but great harvest, they look amazing! Wow

[Earthgirl Jen]

Wow. I'm lucky to get half a dozen sweet bell peppers off each plant.

These were mini ones Scoot, last year I grew monster sweet peppers and then suddenly realised I don't really get a long season to grow them. It was end of Aug/Sept before I had any ripe enough to pick so this year I decided mini was the way to go... The nice weather early on in the season had something to do with quantity I'm sure !

[Earthgirl Jen]

I didn't read your post properly I was so mesmerised by all of the peppers!

-roast,grill,fry,bbq
-stuff with rice and herbs or whatever you fancy
-salads
-ratatouille
-pepper,paneer cheese, onion stir fry with spices
-add to noodle stir fry
-add to a morning fry up
- pepper and potatoe cooked with spices

Can you tell I love peppers

Lol... Me as well chillithyme, I adore them !... They were a £1 packet of Wilko peppers, mini sweet was the description...

[Earthgirl Jen]

So Lunchtime I started on the 'glut'

I split the peppers in half lengthwise and cut out the seeds, It didn't take as long as I thought it would!


This is what I cut out, love this pic, green, red and white, healthy plants and look at all those seeds!


This is my biggest roasting pan it 16x11" and 1.5" deep, I filled the pan with peppers and added some sliced garlic and salt and pepper. I covered the whole tray with tinfoil and roasted in my gas oven at gas mark 5, one shelf down from the top for 1.5hrs


The result was a whole tray of roasted peppers where the skins just came away...

[Earthgirl Jen]

So today I made roasted sweet pepper and tomato chutney, roasted red peppers which filled 4 takeaway boxes and also a tray of sweet pepper puree for use in bolognese, chilli etc... I don't have a pic of that as it's still in the freezer.


I actually managed to fill the roasting tray again today from the peppers I'd picked a few days before. Excellent quality seeds from Wilko's... I'm now going to chop them raw and freeze, incorporate some more into tomato, garlic, basil sauce which I will 'can' and the rest are currently being scoffed by friends and family. At the moment whenever I say I have some mini sweet peppers spare, they don't refuse... They don't do that when I offer courgettes... pah !!!

[chillithyme]

The photos of roasting and sauces are fab.I'm adding the wilko peppers to my seed list!

[Scoot]

These were mini ones Scoot, last year I grew monster sweet peppers and then suddenly realised I don't really get a long season to grow them. It was end of Aug/Sept before I had any ripe enough to pick so this year I decided mini was the way to go... The nice weather early on in the season had something to do with quantity I'm sure !

What were they called these mini ones you have so many of?