Saturday, December 15, 2012

Making It Hot for Winter

As even Padua gets its dose of snow and the Christmas season rolls in, I have decided to combat the cold and make some super HOT pepper spread.

From this summer's batch of plants that thrived on my very hot southern-exposure terrace, I harvested the little red peppers and made crema di peperoncino.

Plucked plants - peppers - kitchen supplies to get started



It will keep me warm as the winter progresses. Just a dab of this stuff and your mouth is aflame! Red pepper,  garlic and salt smeared on bread. Simple. Effective. Great.

Peperoncini which also provide the perfect colors of Christmas



The finished and jarred spread of... edible fire!



Just how much piccante can you stand?

As for me - a lot.

Bring it on!

2 comments:

  1. Those peppers look great! I smuggled some jalepeƱo, pablano, and other chili pepper seeds from CA and can't wait to start growing them in the Spring!

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  2. Anonymous, great things to look forward to this Spring!

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