Preserving green peppers

[stella]

I have been given a large carrier bag full of thin, long, pale green peppers which we are never going to eat up quickly as not really that keen. I do not want to freeze them has any one any ideas on how else I could preserve them, thanks

[rustylady]

Pickle them?

[stella]

Do they pickle ok? Never tried before

[RedThorn]

Roast 'em on the gas hob till they black on outside, wrap in cling film until cool. Wash off black under tap then thinly slice. Mix oil, herbs, garlic cloves and feta and place in peppers store in fridge.

Great cold or take handfuls out and fry off with onions when you're cooking for a great smoky pepper flavour to your food. Yum!

[SarzWix]

Cut them in half or into slices and dry them. Either in the sun or in a dehydrator. Once dry, they can be snipped up with scissors straight into whatever you're cooking.

[Thelma Sanders]

I picked a peck of pickled peppers
Peperoni e peperoncini sot'aceto (peppers and chillies preserved in vinegar)

12 peppers and 12 small chilli peppers
1lt wine vinegar (white for green peppers and red for red peppers)
1lr water brought to boil in sterilized pan and left to cool with lid on.
Large glass jars with screw lids, sterilized


Sterilize a large pan and enough large jars and lids to hold your peppers. (I used old pickled egg jars)
Layer the peppers in jars with the chilli peppers, leaving a gap of about 2ins at the top of the jar.

Mix boiled water and vinegar in pan. Hold peppers down with spoon and pour vinegar liquid into jar until peppers are covered, using a knife to release any air bubbles. Seal tightly.

Store cool and dark for at least 3 weeks. They should keep for 6 months.

Serve sliced with salads, on pizza or as antipasti drizzled with olive oil.

[stella]

I tried drying the first bag full but they went brown and yuck looking. A relative grows them and turns up a couple of days a week with a huge bags full, the rest of the family has them as well and I would hate to bin them. I will try the bottling method.

[rustylady]

Green peppers are unripe, so don't dry well. Are they sweet peppers or chillies Stella?

[stella]

Ermm not sure I know the difference in horticultural terms. They are about 6ins long pointed and a pale green yellowly colour and just taste like peppers

[rustylady]

Chillies are hot, peppers aren't

[stella]

Peppers they are then

[Thelma Sanders]

some peppers are used green (I don't think they ripen to red they just get a bit lighter) they look like these.........
PEPPER OF LOMBARDIA

We often had them just fried in olive oil

[stella]

These are eaten green, although they do go red as they ripen. There are just so many of them I want to preserve some somehow.

[Patchninja]

I would roast them and freeze. Easier than the other alternatives.

[Thelma Sanders]

I agree - but OP did say

I do not want to freeze them