how do i dry peppers to make pepper flake that go on salad, pizza ect.
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how do i make pepper flakes?
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A dehydrator, some use an oven on low, some open em up and put them on a paper towel in a sunny window, your choice. After they dry I use a coffee grinder.
I would use a mortar for flakes and coffee grinder for powder.
Time grinding is how you adjust the coarseness when using a grinder.
i use a coffeee grinder that has 3 coarseness settings(20 bucks) and use the most coarse setting, and put a little in at a time to make sure its how i want it. before i bought my dehydrator i would put paper towels on a cookie sheet and let them sit under a ceiling fan for a couple days to speed up the drying
My grinder only has one setting and I hate dealing with the timing that why I use a mortar and it more of personal preference when using a mortar.
i want to get a mortar for making powder as i think it would be fun, but for now the grinder works!
Thin walled:
For flakes I crush by hand. Put them into a ziploc, crunch around, done.
Actually I like to just take one whole dehydrated pod and crush it with my fingers over what I am eating. A fresh grind.
Mortar and pestle works.
Thick walled:
Need a grinder. Some thick walled pods can be leathery.
For flakes I crush by hand. Put them into a ziploc, crunch around, done.
Actually I like to just take one whole dehydrated pod and crush it with my fingers over what I am eating. A fresh grind.
Mortar and pestle works.
Thick walled:
Need a grinder. Some thick walled pods can be leathery.
i do the same. ziploc bag and crush by hand. sometimes use a rolling pin for thicker walled chiles.
how long do you have to beat em with a rolling pin before they submit?
