Bottled Peppers?

[girl47]

Bottled Roasted, Peppers? - anyone got any ideas what I can do to keep peppers ???? and how to use them?

[milly2306]

hi
you could try this recipe, not tried it myself but i am going to give it a go


Pickled Sweet Peppers Veg CD ACC



Vegetarian Vegetable Cold Pickles Preserve Preserves Preserving Accompaniment



Ingredients

12 Capsicums (sweet peppers)

960ml/32fl.oz. Distilled White Vinegar

450g/2lb Sugar



Instructions



1. Prepare the jars (see notes below)



2. Wash and seed peppers and cut into 1/2" strips.



3. Place the vinegar and sugar in a large saucepan, bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 5 minutes.



4. Pack the peppers into warm jars to within 2.5cm/1 inch of the top then pour over the hot vinegar solution to within 1cm/1/2" of the top of the jar. Cover, seal and label (see notes below)





Notes: see also General preparations



Jars - Use jars which are free from cracks, chips or flaws – the best sizes to use are 450g/1lb although 1kg/2lb jars can be successfully used for pickling vegetables. Prepare the jars by washing well in warm soapy water and rinsing thoroughly. Dry the jars in a cool oven (140C, 275F, Gas Mark 1). Fill whilst still warm.



Filling the jars – Fill with the vegetables to within 2.5cm/1 inch of the top. Pour over the preserving liquid (vinegar, alcohol etc., to within 1cm/ ½ inch of the top, making sure the vegetables are completely covered with the liquid. Whilst still hot, cover with a waxed disc (wax side down), immediately place a cellophane disc over the top then cover with a screw top lid.



Storage – Store the refrigerator

[girl47]

Thanks for that - If they are pickled though.....any ideas how I could use them ie what sort of recipes I could use them in?

[smallblueplanet]

Pickled ones are good on pizzas or with cheese, etc.

Why not chop the peppers up and freeze them?

[mandi]

pickled peppers are lovely with salad or sliced on toast with cottage cheeese...great in pizza as mentioned above...or with baked potatoes the list just goes on...
they're really popular in poland which is where i gained my love of them - only variation is that i would roast them first ....red ones especially get sweeter once roasted.
i sadly didn't do well enough on peppers to preserve any this year but next year i'll be trying again with different strains of peppers in the hope of getting enough to pickle.

[girl47]

Thanks guys.......this was my first year growing anything!!!!!!!!!
Peppers did ok & will def grow again next year. Only got 2 chillies though!!!!!
Gill