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By Dave DeWitt and Paul W. Bosland Drying is the oldest and most common way to preserve pepper pods and works well for most peppers—except for the very meaty ones such as jalapeños, which are smoke-dried and called chipotles (see below). To dry peppers, select those that have reached their mature colors, or are just starting to turn. If they …
Recipes: Rosemary Chile Vinegar Oregano-Garlic Green Chile Vinegar Asian Chile Oil Sichuan Ginger Oil Piri Piri Oil By Dave DeWitt and Paul W. Bosland Excerpted from The Complete Chile Pepper Book Chile vinegars are a great way of utilizing some of the chiles that are left after drying, freezing, and pickling your crop. Use these flavored vinegars for marinades, …
Recipes: Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Sauce Spicy Mango Slices Orange Chicken with Sundried Peppers Words and Photos by Mark Masker Model: Lexus “Pepper” Shaffer Usually when I play with wood, it doesn’t involve vegetables. Moreover, most times I finish in less than a month. Making this solar pepper dryer, though, was a notable exception to both. Part conversation …
By Dave DeWitt and Paul W. Bosland Photos by Harald Zoschke and Dave DeWitt Excerpted from The Complete Chile Pepper Book We love chiles in whatever form we can get them, but there is something special about fresh chiles—they have a flavor and texture that cannot be duplicated by canned, dried, or frozen chiles, and they bring bright colors to …
by Dave DeWitt, Nancy Gerlach, and Jeff Gerlach Photography by Steve Tesky Food Styling by Denice Skrepcinski One of the best ways to handle an overwhelming chile crop is to pickle them. Pickling the peppers will preserve them at least until next year’s crop comes in and makes “almost” fresh chiles available throughout the year. They can be pickled by …
