Recently I had a lot of peppers to process, mostly moderate hots of several kinds, and some sweets.
The loaner food processor is down, so it;s either chopping by knife, or the 1960s Oster blender. I went with chopping, to make some fork-snack peppers.
I stemmed and seeded the peppers, and cut them into rings. I tried to mix colors. I wish I had more green. I also cut some red onion strips, though they blanched white in cooking.
I made a basic water-vinegar-salt brine, but I wanted to add something more. I have some whole coriander seeds, so I put a palm full of them in the brine and ran that through the blender. This chopped/shredded them.
I set up a big pot of boiling water, and I heated the brine to a gentle simmer. I blanched the peppers, in batches, for about 45 seconds or so. I packed jars and poured brine to cover. No hot bath.
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After a few days I opened a jar to sample. The heat is maybe 6/10 and the peppers still have some crispness. But dang I really like that strong coriander; I don't think I've even combined those flavors before.
I'm tempted to make a sweet version.
The loaner food processor is down, so it;s either chopping by knife, or the 1960s Oster blender. I went with chopping, to make some fork-snack peppers.
I stemmed and seeded the peppers, and cut them into rings. I tried to mix colors. I wish I had more green. I also cut some red onion strips, though they blanched white in cooking.
I made a basic water-vinegar-salt brine, but I wanted to add something more. I have some whole coriander seeds, so I put a palm full of them in the brine and ran that through the blender. This chopped/shredded them.
I set up a big pot of boiling water, and I heated the brine to a gentle simmer. I blanched the peppers, in batches, for about 45 seconds or so. I packed jars and poured brine to cover. No hot bath.
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After a few days I opened a jar to sample. The heat is maybe 6/10 and the peppers still have some crispness. But dang I really like that strong coriander; I don't think I've even combined those flavors before.
I'm tempted to make a sweet version.
