As mentioned in my last post it’s time to start thinking about growing some chillies in 2012. The first week in January seems to be an excellent time to get some seeds in the dirt and get a really good early start to the growing season. I mentioned before about the free Serrano seeds I…
So it is just a week or two since I picked the last pepper pods of 2011 and now it is time to turn my thoughts to 2012. Over the past few years my seed box has grown and grown and rarely been cleared out as you can see. I’ve decided this is the year…
Recipes don’t get much simpler than this. If you can fry some courgettes you can make this delicious vegetarian tart. This is a great vegetarian lunch dish – perfect served with a salad or alternatively served as a side at a bbq. I usually cheat and use ready made pastry as its so much easier…
A few years ago, travelling around Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, my wife and I encountered a revelation that has influenced how we cook with chillies ever since. Almost every restaurant and roadside taqueria we stopped at had a small bowl of habanero salsa on the table. Not a complicated salsa with twelve ingredients, usually just charred…
I’ve posted before about overwintering peppers on the site and we still get loads of emails from readers asking about when and how to do it. Therefore I decided to post a detailed description of what i do to over winter my chillies. Over wintering a pepper plants is not as hard as many people…
This is one of those recipes that looks considerably more impressive than the effort involved warrants — which makes it one of our favourites. Stuffed Romano peppers are ready in under 40 minutes, use mostly store cupboard ingredients, work equally well as a starter or a light main course, and consistently get a very enthusiastic…
Well as I said a few weeks ago it has been a bonkers year for growing chillies in the new year. As you can see below those last few pods have ripened and despite it being the middle of December I am still picking ripe Scotch Bonnets. Above is the last bonnet of the year,…
This is a great little recipe for a fresh chilli pickle which makes a perfect accompaniment to any Indian meal. You can vary the amounts of ingredients to taste or depending on how hot you like it. Chilli Pickle Ingredients 1 red sweet chilli peppeer 2 fresh green birds eye chillies 1 reaspoon of salt…
One problem i face every year is what to do with my chilli plants when I go away for a few days during the summer. It can be soul destroying to put so much effort into nurturing your chilli plants right through the winter and spring only to have them fry during a hot summers…