Habenero Harvest!

[Jared77]

Wow that sounds great!!! Is that a recipe he'd care to share? LOVE the color of that pepper jelly by the way!

 

[rebbetzin]

Do you find that winter harvested Peppers are a little less hot than summer harvested?

I haven't noticed much difference, they are really hot to me when ever they are picked. They are not as hot when cooked.

 

[rebbetzin]

Wow that sounds great!!! Is that a recipe he'd care to share? LOVE the color of that pepper jelly by the way!

There is not an official recipe... with measured amounts. Each batch is a bit different.

Usually he takes a carton of Crimini (brown) Mushrooms from Trader Joe's, but he has used the white button mushrooms before.

A really big, or two small white onions cut in chunks, then separate the layers of the onions.

Then, depending on how hot you want it to be, cut the pepper open, take out the seeds, or you can leave them.
Cut the pepper in half, if they are very big, you can cut them in 4ths.

Put them on a cookie sheet, and broil them until they begin to darken on the edges.

Chop them very fine, we use a Pampered Chef Chopper thingy.

Then add a bit of Thai Fish Sauce, (Fermented Anchovy Squeezings) there are many brands, we use the Squid brand. (no squid in it!) Add enough so it kind of just holds together better.

And that is as much of a recipe as he uses.

He got the original idea from a Chinese friend of his that makes a "relish" with Mushroom, Onion, Jalapenos and fish sauce.

Any type of mushrooms, onions and peppers would work I suppose.

 

[897tgigvib]

When I grew the Manzano Rocotta Rojas in winter in the greenouse, the winter ripened ones were only faintly hot, like flavorful bells, but in summer they were, how to describe... a big tough old marine who thought he could bite into any old hot pepper with ease cried like a baby! Another time, where I was cutting some on a table to get the seeds, a few days later, Roxi set her cigarette on the edge of it, then smoked the cigarette. A few seconds later spit the cigarette down and stomped it.

Aji Yellow, mine turned out to be orange, though not quite as hot, were also milder in winter. I guess Habaneros are not so variable.

I bet HPQ would love some of your Pepper recipes!

 

[Jared77]

Thank you! I'm anxious to give this a try