peppers recipes and questions

Penny-Pincher!!

I always chop them up for chilli or spagbol. I fry them off with onion first and I find this gives the pepper a sweeter taste.

HTH

PP
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GreenNinja

I have tried roasting them but still find them bitter. They are great in a chilli, the bitterness doesn't seem noticeable when cooked like this.

miniloopie

Hello all,

I've ended up with about 6 peppers in my fridge to use up - did a recipe search but not much came up when I tried searching on peppers... anyone got any good ideas?

I thought about soup - any recipes welcome! Also adding them into a casserole but looking for something a bit different - skewered kebab type things maybe? What do they go with?

Thanks everyone, dont want them to go to waste!

Penelope_Penguin

Hi! Plenty of suggestions here - what to do with peppers?

HTH, Penny. x

miniloopie

Thanks Penny - Im useless at finding these useful pages

kethry

i was lucky enough to get a batch of 76 red peppers for £5.99 and 94 tomatoes for £2.99 from a store near me.. so i had a batch cooking/chopping session.. the tomatoes were halved, cooked down in a little bit of oil (no extra water - you get plenty from the tomatoes) so they were slushy, some chopped red pepper put in, and the whole lot whizzed (to make a puree type thing) and put into tubs in the freezer. The remaining red peppers were either chopped or sliced and put into individual bags in the freezer, handful (equivalent to approx 1 red pepper) to a bag. more info (and photos) here.

Anyway, the pasta sauce is gorgeous - i used the first batch the other night, just gently fried some chopped onion, garlic, leek, courgette, aubergine and mushroom, added the sauce, some mixed dried herbs, worcestershire sauce and cooked till the pasta was done. Stirred together with some parmesan shavings ontop the whole thing was absolutely GLORIOUS.

HTH

keth
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frogga

I must say , whenever anyone asks a question, even one that's quite obscure, PennyPenguin ALWAYS knows a link! It is EXTREAMLY impressive.

I know what your specialised subject on MasterMind would be:rotfl:

anniestar

kethry wrote: »

i was lucky enough to get a batch of 76 red peppers for £5.99 and 94 tomatoes for £2.99 from a store near me.. so i had a batch cooking/chopping session.. the tomatoes were halved, cooked down in a little bit of oil (no extra water - you get plenty from the tomatoes) so they were slushy, some chopped red pepper put in, and the whole lot whizzed (to make a puree type thing) and put into tubs in the freezer. The remaining red peppers were either chopped or sliced and put into individual bags in the freezer, handful (equivalent to approx 1 red pepper) to a bag. more info (and photos) here.

Anyway, the pasta sauce is gorgeous - i used the first batch the other night, just gently fried some chopped onion, garlic, leek, courgette, aubergine and mushroom, added the sauce, some mixed dried herbs, worcestershire sauce and cooked till the pasta was done. Stirred together with some parmesan shavings ontop the whole thing was absolutely GLORIOUS.

HTH

keth
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WOW OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Red Peppers & Tomatoes are my very favourite foods in the whole world. Lucky Lucky you.

kethry

anniestar wrote: »

WOW OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Red Peppers & Tomatoes are my very favourite foods in the whole world. Lucky Lucky you.

... since i note you're in manchester, I'll tell you where i got them from.. they weren't the best quality in the world but, hey, that doesn't matter so much for stewing down. I also don't know if they still have the offer on but its worth a try.

I don't know where you live in Manchester, but if you go to the ashton old road, and starting at the Manchester end, drive towards Ashton, after a couple miles you'll pass an Aldi on the left, then go over a bridge. After a road to the left, there's an ugly yellow building, used to be a pub (the packhorse, i think). That's the asian food store i got them from. You won't miss it as it has fruit and veg outside. Its in Openshaw if that helps.

HTH!

keth
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anniestar

kethry wrote: »

... since i note you're in manchester, I'll tell you where i got them from.. they weren't the best quality in the world but, hey, that doesn't matter so much for stewing down. I also don't know if they still have the offer on but its worth a try.

I don't know where you live in Manchester, but if you go to the ashton old road, and starting at the Manchester end, drive towards Ashton, after a couple miles you'll pass an Aldi on the left, then go over a bridge. After a road to the left, there's an ugly yellow building, used to be a pub (the packhorse, i think). That's the asian food store i got them from. You won't miss it as it has fruit and veg outside. Its in Openshaw if that helps.

HTH!

keth
xx

You are fantastic.:T :T :T thank you SO MUCH