Bitter pepper - spicy, healthy, tasty and aromatic - can always be found in the bins of a good housewife. But especially outstanding qualities are in fruits grown and harvested with their own hands. Hot pepper is a very grateful vegetable: it is unpretentious in cultivation, it is very harvestable and is not capricious during storage, because it itself contains preservatives. So to the question of how to preserve hot peppers for the winter at home, it is often appropriate to add: where would all this wealth be placed?

Correctly prepared pepper is perfectly stored in a city apartment until the next peppery season. And if you dry and grind it, it will enrich your food with its wonderful taste and aroma even longer, taking up a fairly modest place in one of the kitchen cabinets.

About the benefits of hot pepper

In Mexico and Chile, Thailand and India, no main course is complete without hot peppers.

The inhabitants of these countries, located in different parts of the world, are united in one thing - this product is healing.

And they are not wrong.

Hot pepper helps to digest heavy food, cleanses the intestines of disease-causing bacteria, and strengthens the immune system.

It prevents the occurrence of thrombosis, has a wonderful hematopoietic and diuretic effect, has a beneficial effect on potency, health of hair and nails.

We collect a fragrant crop

Storing sweet peppers involves picking the fruit that is not fully ripe.

Bitter peppers for storage, as opposed to sweet peppers, are best removed completely cooked.

The hot, ripe red pepper, which we usually call "chili", is stored longer than green, it contains more vitamin C and carotene.

Exactly ripe pods contain a high concentration of unique substances, which are also a light preservative.

Only completely healthy peppers will keep well.

To "bring them to clean water", after harvesting, spread the pods in a shady, cool place in one layer and leave for a week. After that, conduct an inspection and discard the found damaged copies.

Drying methods for seasoning

The best way to store hot peppers for the winter is to dry the fruit.

The simplest, "grandmother's" method of drying chili peppers is similar to drying clothes.

In a dry, well-ventilated room, a clothesline is pulled.

Each pepper is pierced in the area of \u200b\u200bthe stalk with a needle with a threaded thread and, using the same thread, is attached to the rope.

The fruits should not be in contact with each other.

Okay dried peppers are put in canvas bags or glass jars, covering them with parchment paper, and stored in a dry place.

Peppers, not completely dried, but already hardened and starting to "curl", can be removed from the rope, strung with a "necklace" on a thick thread and hung, decorating the interior of the kitchen. They will dry out and create a pleasant atmosphere, also disinfecting the room.

The easiest way: spread parchment paper on the windowsill and place the washed peppers on it in one layer. The pepper will dry out within 3 weeks provided you turn it over from time to time. To speed up the process, you can cut each fruit in half.

Peppers are dried in gas and electric ovens. Before this procedure, the pods are thoroughly washed, dried with a paper towel. The fruits can be dried whole, cut in half or smaller. The baking sheet is covered with parchment paper, the pods are laid out in one layer and sent to the oven (+ 50-60 ° C). The door should be slightly ajar so that the pods do not bake, but dry.

After a couple of hours, turn off the oven, but do not close the door. A day later, set the same temperature regime and continue heat treatment for another 2 hours. Cool directly in the oven by turning it off, and before storing the hot pepper, put it in bags or glass jars.

It is very convenient to dry peppers in an electric dryer. The process usually takes about 12 hours, but this depends on whether the fruit is whole or fragmented. It is not out of place to look at the instructions for your unit. Fruits in the electric dryer are dried evenly, perfectly retaining their useful and taste qualities.

Freeze correctly

Another great way to store hot peppers at home is to put the crop in the freezer.

This way it will retain its value as much as possible.

Nice addition - it won't even change the attractive color.

Rinse whole pods in cold water and pat dry with a towel.

If you need to reduce its pungency, immerse it in boiling water for 2 minutes, but note that some vitamins “do not like” such heat treatment.

Chili peppers are frozen whole or chopped (cubes, straws).

Place whole pods in portions convenient for storage and further use in bags, remove air from them as much as possible, “seal” (tie, fasten with a paper clip) and send to the freezer.

Arrange the chopped fruits on a tray in one layer and freeze (flash freeze). Then transfer to plastic bags and store in the freezer.

Frozen peppers can be stored in the freezer for 6-12 months.

Pepper in a jar

Canned hot peppers are a wonderful treat and a convenient way to store the crop, especially if it is placed in beautiful mini-jars that do not take up much space.

The containers, in which red and green pods coexist, are a real decor for the kitchen.

Whole or chopped (with the seed removed) fruits are canned in a marinade (base: vinegar or lemon juice), salted or simply poured with vegetable oil.

It is customary to add horseradish leaves, currants or cherries to pickled peppers, spices to taste (cloves, basil, garlic ...). The amount of acid in the marinade depends only on your taste; for storage itself, a very small volume is enough (for a liter jar - 1 tsp).

Salted bitter pepper will acquire an excellent taste if you choose garlic, dill and celery as companions. For 1 liter of water, 50-60 g of salt is enough. At room temperature, the snack will be ready in 3 weeks. Before storing hot peppers in jars, it is advisable to rearrange them in a cooler place.

The most delicious preparation is chili in vegetable oil, especially olive oil. But it will take a lot of oil. Pepper must be completely poured and placed in a dark place. No spices are added, the salt is at your discretion.

Can hot peppers keep fresh?

The simplest way to keep hot peppers fresh for the winter is to place them in a dry room, where the temperature is kept within 0 ... + 2 ° С.

Arrange healthy, ripe pods in boxes or plastic bags.

So they can be stored for about 40 days.

In a cellar, basement, on an insulated balcony at 0 ... + 2 ° C, peppers can hold out almost 2 times longer if they are carefully dug out of the ground and hung from the roots to horizontal beams.

• Chile, although it has an overseas origin, is distinguished by its livable nature, it grows wonderfully and bears fruit both in the garden and at home all year round.
• Wear latex gloves when handling hot peppers to avoid skin irritation.
• Taking into account the taste preferences (your own and those of others), when cutting the pods, remove or leave the seed (most burning) part, thus "regulating" the pungency of the fruit.

An unusual and very way of preparing hot peppers for the winter, which I will definitely try as soon as the harvest ripens in the garden, is to pour it with simple vinegar:

Experienced gardeners know everything about how to preserve hot peppers for the winter. At home, you can dry hot chili, pickle, freeze.

How to store bell peppers at home?

Gardeners know that at the end of summer, different varieties of bell peppers ripen in the beds and in greenhouses. Grow red, green, yellow, orange and other varieties.

If during the season the gardeners take good care of it, then the harvest is rich. Several tens of kilograms of these vegetables ripen at once.

It cannot be eaten fresh immediately. And summer residents are faced with the question of how to store Bulgarian pepper at home.

For long-term storage, late varieties are best suited.

There are two harvesting options:

• Biological way - the fruit fully ripens on the branch, after which it is picked.
• Technical way - the fruit is not fully ripe on the branch. It is recommended not to tear it off, but carefully cut it off with scissors.

In order for a vegetable harvested by a technical method to ripen, it must be left at room temperature in a dry, cool place. It should lie as far as possible from light sources, then it will ripen, retaining its nutritional properties.

Technically harvested fruits are stored longer than biological ones. One of the most reliable storage places for vegetables is the basement of a country house.

Before storing vegetables in the basement, prepare it:

• The room should not be damp. High humidity can spoil vegetables.
• The walls and ceiling must be free of mold and mildew. If mold is present, treat surfaces with antifungal paint.
• The temperature should not exceed +5 C.

The peppers should be put in wooden boxes. Each new layer of vegetables must be sprinkled with dry sand, so they will retain their useful properties longer. Place the boxes so that the vegetables are well ventilated. Peppers can be stored in the cellar for 5-6 months.

Sometimes bell peppers are dug up with a bush and hung in the cellar. Some gardeners believe that this method lengthens the shelf life of the product.

If it is not possible to store vegetables in the basement of the house, then you can put boxes with vegetables on the insulated balcony or loggia in the apartment. At a temperature not higher than +5 C and moderate humidity, the product will be stored for up to 5 months. Wooden crates can be replaced with baskets or canvas bags.

And also the bell pepper is frozen. Many housewives love to cook stuffed vegetables. But buying them in stores in the middle of winter is expensive. Therefore, peppers are often frozen in the fall.

Before freezing vegetables, it is recommended to wash, cut off the tops and clean all the grains. After that, fold them one into another in a pyramid and put in a plastic bag, put it in the freezer. At what temperature should I store frozen peppers? The temperature in the freezer should not drop below -17 C.

Peppers are often canned. Put the washed and dried vegetable in a sterilized jar, pour vegetable oil. Add spices and herbs. Close the jar tightly and keep in a dark place.

It is easy to make homemade seasoning from it. To do this, pass hot pepper through a meat grinder, dry it in the oven. When it's cool, transfer to a canvas bag. This homemade seasoning goes well with meat and vegetable dishes.

Storing hot peppers for the winter

Hot pepper gives a special taste to dishes. It is added with pleasure to various soups, meat, sauces, stewed vegetables. In order for it to delight housewives with its taste and nutritional qualities during the winter season, you need to know how to store hot peppers for the winter.

It must be thoroughly rinsed and dried. How to properly store it for the winter? There are two ways:

• Hang it by the leg in a dry room. In this form, the vegetable can be stored for a long time. It will dry out a little, but this will not lose its nutritional qualities.
• Cut it open and remove seeds with a knife. This will make it less sharp. Dry vegetable halves in the oven and store in a dark and dry place.

Bell pepper

Rinse the capsicum, chop and put in a glass jar. The jar is sterilized in advance in a steam bath. Add onion and garlic. Pour boiling water over, roll up the lid.

Such canned food is stored in the refrigerator for several months. If the container is thoroughly sterilized, then the canned food will be stored for a long time.

Most often, the hostess's hot pepper is stored in a warm room, hanging it by the stalk. It is both aesthetic pleasure and practical. It retains its nutritional value throughout the long winter.

Chili makes an excellent seasoning for fish and meat dishes. The recipe is incredibly simple. The vegetable must be washed.

Place it in the oven and dry it to a dry crust. After it has cooled, grind it in a blender. You will get a dry seasoning. It can be put into a pepper shaker or regular bags.

How to store peppers correctly: Bulgarian, bitter, chilli, hot

An article on how to store bell peppers at home. Describes the different ways to preserve this product.

Bitter red chili: how to keep hot peppers for the winter in the refrigerator and in pods?

The warm season in our country has a fairly short duration, but you want to enjoy vegetables and fruits all year round... This is good for health, and it brings taste pleasure.

Some fruits don't give in long-term storage, some can be saved by carrying out some manipulations with them, and some can even lie for several months without any problems, practically without losing their useful properties.

In our articles, we have already talked in detail about how to store bell peppers, in particular about drying it at home and freezing it in the freezer. Today we will talk about red hot peppers and how to store them. How to keep hot peppers for the winter at home?

Training

How to prepare hot peppers for long-term storage? Red hot peppers are everyone's favorite. It is he who gives special piquancy for any dishand can easily be a great addition to any meal. Red pepper is used in cooking, sauces, and as independent seasoning.

It's no secret that red peppers can be stored well for a long time.

Pepper is a type of fruit that you don't need to prepare for consumption.

That is, all you need to do is rinse capsicum, as well as a little dry it from moisture, and this preparation is completed.

But some types of preservation and storage still require a different approach. If you don't want the pepper became even more bitter for the time until you decide to eat it, then you will have to remove its seeds... It is they who contribute to the appearance of bitterness.

Also remember that properly prepared peppers should be thoroughly washed... Insects, rains, remnants of the earth - all this should not remain on the vegetable.

Then the pepper must be rinsed cool water and dry with a towel. If required by the recipe, the pepper is cut in half lengthwise and the seeds are scraped out. After that, hot peppers are ready for further cooking.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter? There are several ways to store red hot peppers. In order to choose one specific one, you need to decide on what how will you use pepper in the future... We will consider the main ways to preserve a hot vegetable and its beneficial properties.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter? Red hot peppers can be stored wholly... To do this, it can be hung by the stalk along with some other vegetables on a rope and hang in the room... Such storage will bring you not only gustatory but also aesthetic pleasure. During storage, the pepper will dry out a little, but will not lose its properties. Read more about how to dry hot peppers in our article.

Also pepper can be stored in the form of conservation... Sunflower oil is ideal for preserving the bitterness of the vegetable.

IN sterilized jar it is necessary to place previously washed and peeled pepper.

Then, you need to fill it with sunflower oil and, if desired, add spices and aromatic herbs.

The jar is rolled up with a sterilized lid and sent to dark, dry place for a couple of months.

You can also pepper grind in a meat grinder... This method is suitable if you want to get homemade seasoning. You need to place the ground pepper on a baking sheet in the oven and dry it a little at a temperature of 50 degrees. Then, after cooling, the ground hot pepper is placed in the packagewhere it waits in the wings.

Drying pepper in the oven can be produced as a whole. To do this, you need to place the washed vegetable on a baking sheet covered with paper and send it to the oven for a couple of hours at a temperature of fifty degrees. Pepper required flip over from side to side.

At home

The temperature in the room should not exceed thirty degrees. At the same time, storage provides a certain dryness... In a damp room, hot peppers will start to deteriorate.

It is also advisable to store it either in a poorly lit part of the room, or in a completely dark place. This has a beneficial effect on nutrients that can evaporate under direct sunlight or fluorescent lighting.

How to store paprika at home? Peppers, depending on the form of storage, can be left for a long time in special boxes.

As a rule, they are several boards hammered together.

Peppers can also be stored in jars. Often such a spicy vegetable is hung on a rope. by the stalk.

Ground pepper can even be stored in regular packages.

Optimal modes

As for humidity, it should be minimal, otherwise it can be allowed putrefaction vegetable.

Also, you should remember that chili peppers should be prepared as well as possible - this is the key to successful storage.

Using the refrigerator

How to store hot peppers in the refrigerator? One way to store hot peppers is to refrigerate them. For this, the pepper must be properly prepared, namely washed and left without seeds. After that, a container is selected in which the pepper will lie. Usually this sterilized jar.

Further, depending on how you want to see the pepper in the end, a recipe is selected. You can add to the capsicum onion and garlic... Pour boiling water over and cover with a lid and wait for the pepper to marinate. You can also pour the pepper warm sunflower oil.

The most popular way is placement ground pepper in a jar... During its stay in the refrigerator, it will not start to rot or lose its useful properties, provided that the container in which you placed it was dry and sterile.

Storage periods

Chili peppers can be kept at home for a certain amount of time, depending on storage forms.

For example, pepper in a jar of butter if properly preserved, it can last from one to three years.

Dried ground paprika will delight you for exactly one year, after which it will lose its taste and properties. Peppers, suspended by the stalk, can be stored for no more than one year.

And here is the hot pepper, refrigerated, will be valid for exactly four to six months (until spring) from the moment they are sent directly to the refrigerator.

Thus, we can conclude that keeping pepper at home is an action quite profitable, because for at least another half a year, you can enjoy the taste of a spicy vegetable until new ones ripen to replace them.

How to store hot peppers in pods? Of course, the storage procedure must be approached comprehensively... You need to know how to properly prepare a vegetable, as well as how to choose the right form for its storage.

In any case, if you have studied all the issues related to this not an easy matter, then you can start experiment, because there is nothing more pleasant than enjoying healthy and tasty vegetables during a cold and long winter - as a reminder of the past summer.

A few tips on how to preserve hot peppers for the winter at home as long as possible, so that in the cold Russian winter you can pamper yourself with a pungent spicy taste. Methods for keeping red chili peppers fresh in the refrigerator, dried and pickled.

Bitter peppers will always find their place in the kitchen. Most appreciated is a vegetable grown in your garden. Hot peppers have many advantages: they are unpretentious in cultivation, they give a large yield, and they are easy to store. How to save a vegetable for the winter, we learn in the article.

Long-term storage varieties

There are more than three thousand varieties of culture. For long-term storage, it is better to choose mid-season or late-season varieties of hot pepper.

When choosing seeds, you need to pay attention to the following points:

• the pungency depends on the place of cultivation. If the variety grows in the northern part, then the fruits will be less pungent than those grown in hot climates;
• if the peppers are planted in open ground, then it is better to focus on hybrid varieties with a growing season of 95-105 days;
• before taking this or that variety, you should better study its characteristics.

The best varieties of hot pepper for long storage:

How to take for storage

There are 2 stages of ripeness:

• technical... Fruits have grown to their maximum size but are not ripe in color;
• biological - the fruits have a color that is characteristic of a certain variety.

Unlike bell peppers, bitter peppers need to be harvested only at the biological stage, when the vegetable is fully ripe. Hot peppers of red color are stored much longer than green ones, as they contain a high concentration of carotene and vitamin C. Due to the high content of a special substance, which is a natural preservative, peppers are well stored.

Rules for the selection and preparation of peppers for storage:

• you need to choose completely healthy fruits;
• after the crop is harvested, the pods need to rest for a week outdoors. To do this, they need to be put in boxes in one layer;
• when a week has passed, sort out the vegetables and discard the spoiled ones. The fruit should be free of cracks, dents, rot and other defects.

When collecting from the garden, it is better to use garden shears and cut it off along with the stalk. Pods of ideal quality are chosen for storage. Instances with minor cracks can be frozen.

Important! All selection procedures are best performed with gloves so as not to burn the skin of the hands. Also, you can not touch your face with your hands, avoid getting pepper in your eyes. After cooking, wash your hand with soap and water. If the skin continues to burn, then you need to wipe the affected areas with an alcohol napkin, rinse with soap and water and lubricate with cream.

Storage conditions and periods

There are many ways to preserve hot peppers for the winter:

The optimum temperature for long-term storage of hot pepper is + 2 + 5 C. Fruits can be stored:

Advice! To keep hot peppers in the pods longer, you need to leave them in a dark place and regularly sort them out of spoiled fruits. You can keep hot peppers fresh for 1-2 months. Dried, ground, frozen fruits are stored for more than six months.

It must be remembered that hot peppers properly prepared for storage for the winter must be washed from the ground. The best way is to dip the pods in a bowl of warm water, then rinse with cool water and pat dry with a towel. If, according to the recipe, you need to cut the pod, then you should cut the vegetable in two and get rid of the seeds.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter

There are many ways to store a vegetable. Let's consider the main ones in more detail.

Fresh storage

You can store hot peppers fresh for 1-2 months. To do this, you need to adhere to the following recommendations:

• put the pods in a plastic bag and make holes;
• put vegetables in small ventilated boxes;
• storage temperature 0 + 2 С or at room +20 С, but storage periods will be lower;
• optimum air humidity 85-93%.

Freezing

The pods can stay fresh for up to 2 weeks without freezing in the refrigerator. If you want to extend the life of a vegetable, then you can put it in the freezer. When stored in the freezer, some of the beneficial properties are lost, but the smell and taste of the pepper remain.

Rules for preparing for freezing:

• any exposure with a hot vegetable is recommended to be done with protective gloves;
• rinse and cut in half. Be sure to remove the seeds;
• cut into wedges and put on a baking sheet or pallet, leave for half an hour in the freezer;
• transfer the vegetable to a bag or container and store it in the freezer.

If the pods are small, you can freeze them whole. The main thing is to rinse, get rid of the seeds and dry. It can be stored frozen for a year. Defrost as needed and use for various dishes.

Dried storage

It is better to store hot peppers in pods in dry, dark and cool places where the vegetable will dry naturally. Drying methods:

1. String the pods onto the string at the footrests.
2. Another way is to tie the pods in bunches and string them on the fishing line.
3. Dry the peppers directly on the bushes plucked entirely.

After complete drying, hot peppers can be stored in the kitchen or on the balcony until the next harvest.

Canning

Pickling or preserving bitter peppers is a great way to diversify your winter menu and prepare delicious preserves. The main plus is that there are no limits to imagination, you can experiment with adding the amount of salt, sugar, spices. We offer the following recipes for canning hot peppers for the winter:

• Marinade with vinegar... Sterilize glass containers of the selected volume, it is better to use a 1-liter jar. Fill it with chopped vegetables. In a separate saucepan, boil 400 ml of vinegar, add 5 tbsp. l. sugar, 3 tbsp. l. salt, 10 black peppercorns. Fresh herbs, bay leaves can be added as desired. Pour the vegetable with the hot mixture so that a free space of 1-1.5 cm remains. Roll up and put upside down to cool, cover with a warm blanket on top.

• Marinade with garlic... Put chopped hot peppers in a sterile container, add 5 black peas on top, a few chopped garlic cloves, herbs, bay leaf to taste. Add salt, sugar and 50 ml of vinegar to boiling water. Pour boiling water into a jar and roll up.
• Western... Take 1 kg of hot pepper, rinse, peel and cut into slices. Prepare marinade: 6 tablespoons sugar, 3 tbsp. l. salt, 0.25 l of vinegar, add to 1 l of water and boil. Pour brine over a jar of vegetables and leave for 12 hours. After a while, it will be noticeable how the marinade has been absorbed into the pods. You need to top up the brine, add an aspirin tablet to a liter jar and roll it up.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter Bitter peppers will always find their place in the kitchen. Most appreciated is a vegetable grown in your own garden. Hot peppers have many advantages: they are unpretentious in

Everyone knows that without seasonings and spices, any dish will not be tasty and piquant enough. Red hot pepper is a vivid confirmation of this. This plant is an excellent addition to soups, pickles and main dishes, and also has many beneficial properties. Therefore, it is important to use hot peppers throughout the year.

IMPORTANT: Scientists have proven that eating hot pepper helps to strengthen the nervous system and eliminates sleep disturbances.

Benefit

Everyone knows the taste of bitter pepper, but not many people know its beneficial properties. In terms of the content of ascorbic acid, raw hot pepper is superior to lemon. Capsicum fruits are rich in vitamins A, C. P and group B, carotene, sugar, and fatty oils.

The plant has the following beneficial properties:

• Promotes the production of endorphins in the body, which help reduce pain and reduce stress. Endorphins are also involved in blood formation, prevent blood clots and prevent atherosclerosis;
• The combination of vitamins C and P cleanses and strengthens blood vessels;
• Has a positive effect on the digestive system, accelerates metabolism;
• Promotes the elimination of toxins from the intestines;
• Prevents the appearance of cancers and tumors.

Benefits and harms:

Bitter pepper: selection

Before harvesting peppers for the winter, you need to carefully select suitable fruits:

• Fully ripe peppers are best harvested for the winter;
• Only pods that are not damaged by insects and rot should be selected;
• Pay attention to the tail of the hot pepper - it should be fresh and green.

Only ripe specimens contain a high concentration of unique, useful substances, which also act as a light preservative.

Training

REFERENCE: In order to prevent the pepper pods from becoming more bitter during storage, it is necessary to remove the seeds from them - they contribute to the appearance of bitterness.

Red hot peppers are among those vegetables that keep well for a long time. However, you need to prepare the vegetable for storage throughout the winter in order to preserve its taste, nutritional and beneficial properties.

There are two basic rules for preparing hot peppers:

• Rinse the pods under cool water;
• Dry the selected specimens thoroughly with a paper towel.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter

There are several options for preparing for the winter and storing hot peppers at home. The choice of this or that method depends on your preferences.

IMPORTANT: The fruits should not be in contact with each other for long-term storage.

Hot peppers can be prepared fresh for the winter:

• We take whole, ripe pods;
• In the area of \u200b\u200bthe stalk, pierce the hot pepper with a needle with a thread threaded into it;
• In a dry room we pull the rope;
• We tie the pepper pods to the rope by the thread.

Alternatively, hot peppers can be stored in a canned jar. Rinse the pods, cut in half and remove the seeds. Put the pepper in a glass jar, pour over it with vegetable oil. You can add spices to the jar if desired. Roll up a container of pepper and store it in a cool place.

Video tutorial:

It is very convenient to dry plant pods for harvesting for the winter in an oven (electric or gas). To do this, the fruits must be thoroughly rinsed and dried.

Hot peppers can be dried whole or cut in half or in quarters.

The baking sheet must be shot with parchment, put hot pepper on it and sent to the oven. The temperature in the oven should be between 50 and 60 ° C. Leave the door slightly ajar so that the hot peppers do not bake, but dry out. After two hours, turn off the oven, but do not close the door until the pepper has cooled completely.

Place the hot pepper dried in this way in glass jars or linen bags.

If you want to prepare hot pepper in the form of a seasoning, you can grind it in a meat grinder and dry it in the oven at a temperature of 50 ° C.

Optimal modes

Storage of hot peppers for a long time should take place at room temperature. According to experienced housewives, the optimal temperature regime for hot pepper is 20-25 ° C.

At the same time, the humidity in the room should be minimal so that the harvested fruits do not rot.

The key to a long and successful storage is the correct choice and preparation of hot pepper pods for harvesting for the winter.

Using the refrigerator

The refrigerator is a great place to keep fresh hot peppers.

Bank storage:

To do this, you need to follow these steps:

• Rinse the pods of the vegetable and remove all seeds from it;
• Sterilize a glass jar;
• Place the pepper in a prepared container, add onions, garlic, spices to taste to it and pour boiling water over it;
• After a day, drain the water and roll up the jar.

One of the popular ways to harvest hot peppers is to store the ground vegetable in a jar. Provided that the container is dry and clean, ground pepper will not rot for a long time and lose its useful properties and taste.

Storage periods

Depending on the methods of harvesting, the shelf life of hot pepper also differs:

• Peppers filled with vegetable oil can be stored in a jar for two to three years;
• The fruits suspended by the stalk will be usable throughout the year;
• Ground hot pepper can be stored for 10-12 months;
• Hot peppers in the refrigerator will stay fresh for two to four months.

Storage on a string:

• Despite the fact that hot pepper is a "overseas" vegetable, it grows well and bears fruit at home throughout the year. Therefore, you can grow it in a pot for indoor plants on a sunny windowsill;
• When handling hot peppers, be sure to use latex gloves in order to avoid skin irritation;
• Taking into account the preferences and tastes of you and your family, when cutting, remove or leave the most pungent part of the vegetable - the seed, thereby regulating the severity of the hot pepper.

And remember - the taste and benefits of the spice depend on the correct choice of pepper pods, their preparation for storage, containers, air temperature and humidity.

Marinovka:

Fans of spicy and savory dishes can tell many interesting facts about the product that makes them so. Hot peppers are used by culinary experts in many countries of Europe, Asia, America, and the Middle East. Its useful qualities have found application not only in cooking, but also in medicine and cosmetology. The beneficial effect on the human body is due to the high content of useful substances in it. How to keep hot peppers at home for a long winter will be discussed in this article.

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Storage methods

Hot red pepper, or chili, is an unpretentious plant. With proper care, it gives a good harvest. Therefore, housewives who have a summer cottage, during the season of harvesting vegetables, ask themselves how to store hot peppers in winter.

You can use the following methods:

• keep in room conditions;
• put in the refrigerator;
• to freeze;
• dry;
• preserve;
• prepare in oil or.

When the vegetables are harvested, they are laid out and left for 6-7 days to identify low-quality pods. Then they are sent for further storage or recycling.

Often, fruits of different colors, including green, are harvested from the beds. Ripe red peppers can be stored in any form, while green peppers can be preserved.

Do you know that…

If you leave fresh green pods in the air, they will gradually ripen.

Fresh hot peppers

When thinking about how to store hot peppers, you should first of all think about preserving the beneficial properties of the vegetable. Observant gardeners noticed that it practically does not deteriorate. If left unattended, chili will simply dry out over time, provided that the room is dry.

• determine it in a room where it is dry and cool (7-10 ° C);
• protect from sunlight, as they reduce the beneficial properties of the pepper;
• put the vegetable in boxes or in plastic bags (lasts up to one and a half months);
• dig a bush with pods and hang it on an insulated balcony, in a pantry (it will stay fresh for three months).

You can grow a fresh hot vegetable on the windowsill in an apartment if you choose bush pepper.

Bush pepper is an ornamental variety of hot peppers that can be grown indoors

For instance:

• "Indian Summer" - bears fruit for 4 months;
• "Splash of the sun" - a variety with yellow fruits;
• "Bead" - roundish orange fruits;
• "Drakosha" - a very spicy taste;
• "Carmen" - large fruits for universal use;
• "Bride" is a very fragrant variety;
• "The Queen of Spades" - large, fragrant fruits for universal use;
• "Ryabinushka" - orange fragrant fruits.

2-3 decorative bushes with fragrant pods will not only decorate the interior, but also provide a sharp taste.

Do you know that…

The highest concentration of nutrients is found in a fully ripe pod. This is indicated by a rich color, which can be red, orange, yellow, depending on the variety.

Cold storage

Freezing

Storing hot peppers by freezing is another option for using a hot vegetable in the winter.

You can freeze both whole and shredded pods:

• In general, it is better to freeze small specimens so that they can be added to dishes in winter without cutting. To do this, place the vegetables on a tray and place them in the freezer. After freezing, fold into bags.
• Place the chopped mass on the freezer tray, then transfer to bags or containers in small portions and store in the freezer.

In this form, the vegetable is stored for a year.

If the pepper is kept fresh whole, then gradually its bitterness increases.

Tip of the day

A cut pod can burn your skin, so use medical gloves when handling it. While working, do not touch your face and especially take care of your eyes.

Drying hot peppers

The easiest way to store a spicy vegetable for the winter is to dry it. How to dry hot peppers? This procedure can be done in different ways:

• in limbo;
• spread out horizontally;
• in the oven;
• in an electric dryer.

The methods discussed below will tell housewives how to dry chili peppers correctly.

In limbo

It is worth considering in more detail how to properly dry hot pepper in a suspended state. This method is familiar to the grandmothers and great-grandmothers of modern housewives.

1. Use a needle to string the vegetables by the ponytail on a sturdy thread. You will get a kind of garland of pods.
2. Hang it in a darkened room and wait until the pods are completely dry. If, when pressed, the peppers break, then this indicates their readiness.

You can hang vegetables, which are pre-fixed with a needle and thread, three pieces each, on a thick fishing line or rope.

Put the finished pepper in closed glass jars. Or leave it in bundles that will decorate the interior of the kitchen.

Horizontal drying

If space permits, then you can dry the chili peppers for the winter by spreading them out on paper, periodically turning them over to dry evenly.

In the oven

To dry the peppers in the oven, place baking paper on a baking sheet, spread the vegetables whole or in chopped form.

1. Dry the vegetable in the oven at a temperature not exceeding 50 ° C. Keep the door ajar.
2. Flip the peppers from time to time to keep them from roasting.
3. Dry for about 2 hours. Repeat the process after 24 hours.

Do the same with crushed pods.

In an electric dryer

Answering the question of how to dry hot peppers, you can suggest doing it in an electric dryer. True, this procedure is more time-consuming. We recommend that you read the instructions to avoid trouble.

Dried hot peppers are found in wigs, curries, hops-suneli and other spices

Dried pods are used in winter to make sauces, stews, and spice up dishes. To do this, some of them are ground in a coffee grinder or blender.

Tip of the day

Grind the dried semi-finished product not all at once, but as needed, so that the resulting spice does not lose its properties and does not fizzle out.

Canning hot peppers

Canning is another way to preserve the crop. Fans of spicy food try to make preparations in order to delight loved ones with delicious dishes during the long winter.

Together with the peppers, add peppercorns, spicy herbs to the jars. Depending on the content of the preservative in the filling, the vegetable is salted or pickled.

The addition of fleshy or tomato juice makes the recipe original, and the contents of the can make an unforgettable taste.

In the marinade

Hot peppers for the winter can be prepared according to this recipe:

Components:

• 150 ml of water (boiling water);
• 150 ml vinegar;
• 10 pieces. sharp pods.

Process description:

1. Rinse the vegetables and dry them for 24 hours.
2. Trim the stems without scrubbing the seeds.
3. Place tightly in a clean jar.
4. Pour boiling water over the jar to the very top.
5. After 5 minutes, drain half of the water and add 9% vinegar to the jar.
6. Screw the lid back on, turn over and leave to cool completely.

For this simple recipe, you can use both red and green pods. The green pepper will be less pungent.

The degree of ripening affects the pungency of bitter capsicum, a green vegetable is always less pungent

Caucasian

It will not be superfluous to make preparations of hot pepper for the winter according to the following recipe:

1. Rinse the stalked pods. Pierce each peppercorn with a knife and put it in a jar.
2. Pour a jar of peppers with cold water to determine its amount, drain into a saucepan.
3. Add a small amount of salt to the water. Check the saturation of the brine: immerse a clean egg in salt water, if there is enough salt, the egg will float on the surface of the water.
4. Pour over the jar to cover the vegetables, close the nylon lid.

For pickling, it is best to take a green vegetable.

Salted pepper is an indispensable snack on the festive table.

In tomato juice

Here's how you can still preserve hot peppers for the winter:

1. Rinse the vegetables, dry, cut off the stalks.
2. Use a toothpick to pierce each pod several times.
3. Add 1 tsp to 2 liters of tomato juice. salt and 2 tsp. (the amount of salt and sugar can be changed to taste).
4. Place the pods in boiling tomato juice and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
5. Transfer the contents to sterilized jars and fill with juice to the very top.
6. Roll up the jars with metal lids.

In oil

The bitter pepper is effectively stored in the oil.

1. Put the prepared pods without stalks in sterile jars.
2. Fill them with warm oil:, or canola oil.

This method is good because the vegetable retains all the beneficial properties and enhances its taste, and the smell becomes more intense.

Unlike the previous methods, storage in oil requires some cash costs. But despite this, housewives use it for a variety of winter supplies.

In vinegar

Storing a hot vegetable in vinegar makes the housewife's job easier.

1. Put the pepper in a jar in whole pods or pieces. You can add small onions to it or cut into pieces.
2. Pour 9% vinegar over the contents.
3. Close the capron lid and store at room temperature.

Both pods and vinegar are used, which takes on a peppery flavor.

Do you know that…

The hottest part is the seeds. By cleansing the seed pod, you can adjust its severity.

Each method of storing hot peppers for the winter is good in itself. The main thing is to decide in which case the vegetable will be used.

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Bitter peppers will always find their place in the kitchen. Most appreciated is a vegetable grown in your garden. Hot peppers have many advantages: they are unpretentious in cultivation, they give a large yield, and they are easy to store. How to save a vegetable for the winter, we learn in the article.

Long-term storage varieties

There are more than three thousand varieties of culture. For long-term storage, it is better to choose mid-season or late-season varieties of hot pepper.

When choosing seeds, you need to pay attention to the following points:

• the pungency depends on the place of cultivation. If the variety grows in the northern part, then the fruits will be less pungent than those grown in hot climates;
• if the peppers are planted in open ground, then it is better to focus on hybrid varieties with a growing season of 95-105 days;
• before taking this or that variety, you should better study its characteristics.

The best varieties of hot pepper for long storage:

1. Average ripening period:

• Astrakhan 147;
• Ram's horn;
• Light;
• Cayenne red;
• Dragon tongue.

1. Late ripening:

• Vizier;
• Riot;
• Tabasco;
• Super Chilli;
• Gorgon F1;
• Tone.

How to take for storage

There are 2 stages of ripeness:

• technical... Fruits have grown to their maximum size but are not ripe in color;
• biological - the fruits have a color that is characteristic of a certain variety.

Unlike bell peppers, bitter peppers need to be harvested only at the biological stage, when the vegetable is fully ripe. Hot peppers of red color are stored much longer than green ones, as they contain a high concentration of carotene and vitamin C. Due to the high content of a special substance, which is a natural preservative, peppers are well stored.

Rules for the selection and preparation of peppers for storage:

• you need to choose completely healthy fruits;
• after the crop is harvested, the pods need to rest for a week outdoors. To do this, they need to be put in boxes in one layer;
• when a week has passed, sort out the vegetables and discard the spoiled ones. The fruit should be free of cracks, dents, rot and other defects.

When collecting from the garden, it is better to use garden shears and cut it off along with the stalk. Pods of ideal quality are chosen for storage. Instances with minor cracks can be frozen.

Important! All selection procedures are best performed with gloves so as not to burn the skin of the hands. Also, you can not touch your face with your hands, avoid getting pepper in your eyes. After cooking, wash your hand with soap and water. If the skin continues to burn, then you need to wipe the affected areas with an alcohol napkin, rinse with soap and water and lubricate with cream.

Storage conditions and periods

There are many ways to preserve hot peppers for the winter:

• dry;
• canning;
• to freeze;
• grind;
• leave fresh.

The optimum temperature for long-term storage of hot pepper is + 2 + 5 C. Fruits can be stored:

• in the freezer;
• in the loggia;
• in the pantry;
• in the basement or cellar.

Advice! To keep hot peppers in the pods longer, you need to leave them in a dark place and regularly sort them out of spoiled fruits. You can keep the hot peppers fresh for 1-2 months. Dried, ground, frozen fruits are stored for more than six months.

It must be remembered that hot peppers properly prepared for storage for the winter must be washed from the ground. The best way is to dip the pods in a bowl of warm water, then rinse with cool water and pat dry with a towel. If, according to the recipe, you need to cut the pod, then you should cut the vegetable in two and get rid of the seeds.

How to keep hot peppers for the winter

There are many ways to store a vegetable. Let's consider the main ones in more detail.

Fresh storage

You can store hot peppers fresh for 1-2 months. To do this, you need to adhere to the following recommendations:

• put the pods in a plastic bag and make holes;
• put vegetables in small ventilated boxes;
• storage temperature 0 + 2 С or at room +20 С, but storage periods will be lower;
• optimum air humidity 85-93%.

Freezing

The pods can stay fresh for up to 2 weeks without freezing in the refrigerator. If you want to extend the life of a vegetable, then you can put it in the freezer. When stored in the freezer, some of the beneficial properties are lost, but the smell and taste of the pepper remain.

Rules for preparing for freezing:

• any exposure with a hot vegetable is recommended to be done with protective gloves;
• rinse and cut in half. Be sure to remove the seeds;
• cut into wedges and put on a baking sheet or pallet, leave for half an hour in the freezer;
• transfer the vegetable to a bag or container and store it in the freezer.

If the pods are small, you can freeze them whole. The main thing is to rinse, get rid of the seeds and dry. It can be stored frozen for a year. Defrost as needed and use for various dishes.

Dried storage

It is better to store hot peppers in pods in dry, dark and cool places where the vegetable will dry naturally. Drying methods:

1. String the pods onto the string at the footrests.
2. Another way is to tie the pods in bunches and string them on the fishing line.
3. Dry the peppers directly on the bushes plucked entirely.

After complete drying, hot peppers can be stored in the kitchen or on the balcony until the next harvest.

Canning

Pickling or preserving bitter peppers is a great way to diversify your winter menu and prepare delicious preserves. The main plus is that there are no limits to imagination, you can experiment with adding the amount of salt, sugar, spices. We offer the following recipes for canning hot peppers for the winter:

• Marinade with vinegar... Sterilize glass containers of the selected volume, it is better to use a 1-liter jar. Fill it with chopped vegetables. In a separate saucepan, boil 400 ml of vinegar, add 5 tbsp. l. sugar, 3 tbsp. l. salt, 10 black peppercorns. Fresh herbs, bay leaves can be added as desired. Pour the vegetable with the hot mixture so that a free space of 1-1.5 cm remains. Roll up and put upside down to cool, cover with a warm blanket on top.

• Marinade with garlic... Put chopped hot peppers in a sterile container, add 5 black peas on top, a few chopped garlic cloves, herbs, bay leaf to taste. Add salt, sugar and 50 ml of vinegar to boiling water. Pour boiling water into a jar and roll up.
• Western... Take 1 kg of hot pepper, rinse, peel and cut into slices. Prepare marinade: 6 tablespoons sugar, 3 tbsp. l. salt, 0.25 l of vinegar, add to 1 l of water and boil. Pour brine over a jar of vegetables and leave for 12 hours. After a while, it will be noticeable how the marinade has been absorbed into the pods. You need to top up the brine, add an aspirin tablet to a liter jar and roll it up.

Oil storage

You can preserve hot peppers for the winter by adding sunflower and olive oils. Thus, it is possible to preserve all the useful microelements and eat it for 3-4 months. Cooking steps:

• rinse the pods, remove the seeds, cut into slices;
• put in a liter jar and cover with warm oil;

Leave the seeds on for a hotter pepper. Close the jar with a plastic lid and let it brew for 2 weeks. After that, you can eat it.

Grinding

• Rinse pods, remove seeds and cut into wedges.
• Put on a baking sheet and leave to dry naturally in the sun or dry in an oven at 50 C.
• When the fruits are completely dry, grind them on a coffee grinder so that the dust from the vegetable does not get into your eyes. If dust gets on your skin, wash immediately with soap and water.
• Pour gently into a container and close with a lid. Store in a dark place.

To extend the shelf life of hot peppers, you can pour the powder into small sachets and place in the freezer.

A few useful tips from experienced hostesses for long-term storage of hot peppers at home:

• you can dry the pepper slices in the oven and not grind them, but put them in a jar. Use when cooking borscht, stew, stewed vegetables;
• when you freeze peppers, you need to deflate the bag;
• the vegetable is poorly stored in a room with high humidity;
• can be marinated with other vegetables. For example, with tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants;
• small pods can be preserved whole, without cutting into slices;
• you can regulate the pungency of a vegetable as follows: if you pick an unripe pod, it will be less pungent, and vice versa, a ripe vegetable picked becomes very pungent. The pepper that is stored with the seeds is even hotter.

Hot peppers are the perfect spice for year-round use. It gives dishes a special spicy taste and amazing aroma to a huge number of dishes. The main thing is to learn how to store a vegetable for the winter and store it in conditions convenient for it. Enjoy your meal!

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Bitter pepper - spicy, healthy, tasty and aromatic - can always be found in the bins of a good housewife. But especially outstanding qualities in fruits grown and harvested with their own hands. Hot pepper is a very grateful vegetable: it is unpretentious in cultivation, it is very productive and is not capricious during storage, because it itself contains preservatives. So to the question of how to preserve hot peppers for the winter at home, it is often appropriate to add: where would all this wealth be placed?

Hot peppers have the ability to resist the aging process of the entire body. This vegetable can also prevent the development of cancer. Hot peppers are advised to be used to prevent the development of cancer cells. Doctors recommend using pepper for people who suffer from atherosclerosis. It will be useful to eat this vegetable for rheumatism, gout, polyarthritis and myositis. The ointment, which contains hot pepper, is recommended for use during catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, as well as for frostbite. In addition, it will help in the treatment of sciatica, arthritis and rheumatism.

Bitter pepper is used for cosmetic purposes. For example, you can prepare a mask for aging skin or a tincture to improve the condition of your hair.

Hot peppers have been shown to promote the production of endophrins, which can reduce pain and stress.

Harvesting a fragrant crop of pepper

Usually, the peppers are picked selectively, once or twice a week, as soon as they are ready. Total harvesting is carried out only with the threat of frost, which this culture does not tolerate at all. The calendar dates for the start of harvesting largely depend on where the plants are grown - in a greenhouse, greenhouse or open field.

Cut off the finished fruit should be extremely careful, with a stalk, so as not to damage very fragile twigs. It is best to use a special pruner or scissors for this purpose.

For storing sweet peppers, it is necessary to select healthy fruits that are not damaged. The easiest way to do this is to spread the pods in a thin layer in a cool and well-ventilated area, such as a basement. In about a week, sick and weakened specimens will definitely show themselves - they will begin to rot.

For disinfection, healthy peppers are recommended to be treated with copper sulfate - it is enough to dip in a 1% solution and then dry directly in the air. It is most convenient to store them in boxes with a capacity of no more than 10 kg, which can be either wooden or made of other materials. The walls and bottom can be laid out with wrapping paper, or you can wrap each pod in it individually.

If the temperature in the basement does not exceed 10 ° C and the humidity is between 90 and 95%, the fruits will ripen within a month. Then the temperature should be reduced to zero degrees - this will extend the storage for another two months.

How to keep hot peppers in the freezer

If you do not have a desire to fool around with storing fresh peppers, then you can give preference to a much simpler and more time-consuming method of preparation - freezing.

Before harvesting, the peppers are sorted out, leaving only fresh ones, washed and dried, and then put in plastic bags with a lock, trying to remove as much air as possible. After removing all the air, the pods are sent to the freezer.

You can cut the peppers into rings, freeze on a tray, and then pour into all the same bags with a lock.

Methods for drying pepper seasoning for the winter

In the oven. Having gained patience and having a spare time, you can dry peppers well in an ordinary gas or electric oven. The collected pods must be washed and dried. Some cut the pods lengthwise into halves or quarters, removing the stalks, others dry them whole. The prepared pepper should be laid out in one layer on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Place in an oven preheated to 50 ° C, leaving the door slightly ajar. With this ventilation, the pepper will not bake, but dry out.

On a string. This is a simple, "old-fashioned" way of drying peppers. Mushrooms and apples can be dried in the same way. The main thing is to choose a warm, well-ventilated place where the air is not humid at all. Wash the peppers, dry them, and then use a needle to string them by the stalk on a thick and strong thread. Then fix both ends of the thread in the chosen place (this can be a balcony, loggia, etc.) and at the desired height. The pods need to be distributed on the string so that they do not touch each other. This will dry them evenly on all sides.

On the window. This simple drying method is suitable for those with wide windowsills. They need to be covered with clean paper (parchment), spread out washed and dried hot peppers (you can cut them into slices), cover them with thin paper (to protect them from dust) and leave the pods to dry for 2-3 weeks, stirring / turning them from time to time.

Freezing hot peppers for the winter

How to freeze hot peppers for the winter? One of the main conditions for the success of the whole process is the correct preparation of hot peppers for freezing. To begin with, it must be carefully examined in order to exclude the ingress of spoiled pods into the workpiece. After that, the peppers are washed whole in cold water and dried on a towel.

To slightly reduce the pungency, the product can be kept in boiling water for 2 - 3 minutes. Such processing will practically not reduce the content of fat- and water-soluble vitamins, but will significantly increase the shelf life when shallowly frozen. Cutting the pods into strips or stringing them on top of each other will significantly save space in the chamber. When working with the product, it is advisable to protect hands with ordinary medical or household rubber gloves.

Ways. There are several ways to freeze capsicum. First you need to decide on the depth of freezing and storage temperature. The fact is that chili is 88% water and the processes occurring during its crystallization play a decisive role in its safety.

For maximum preservation of appearance, hot pepper is frozen to a temperature of 0 ... + 2 ° C and stored in a refrigerator in the appropriate zone.

In such conditions, all of its properties remain unchanged for 40 days.

If the priority is given to duration, then deep freeze and keep in the freezer at -12 ... -18 ° С.

Pickling hot peppers for the winter

This is the most delicious way to save hot peppers for the winter. There are a lot of pickling recipes, but everyone has the same principle - they put pepper in sterilized glass jars, pour marinade prepared on the basis of vinegar and salt with the addition of spices, and seal them with sterile lids. Depending on the recipe, before sealing, jars of pepper are sterilized in boiling water or prepared without sterilization.

There are a few tricks to avoid annoying marinating mistakes:

preparation from hot pepper, unlike other vegetable twists, does not need a large amount of spices, a small amount of cloves, peppercorns, ginger and garlic is enough;

use only coarse salt, not iodized;

for spinning, choose small jars up to 1 liter;

you can store pickled peppers for 12-18 months in a dark, cool room;

to soften the taste of pickled peppers, it is cooked with chunks of bell peppers, carrots, or onions.

Hot peppers in a jar for the winter

Before making pickled hot peppers for the winter, its pods are washed, the dry ends are cut off. Seasonings and peppers are placed in prepared jars, which are pre-scalded with boiling water. It is necessary to fill the container up to the shoulders. Then the water is brought to a boil, salt and sugar are added and the contents of the cans are poured, closed with nylon lids and the container is set aside until it cools. Then the brine is poured into a saucepan, brought to a boil and the jars are poured again. They are also covered and left for five minutes. Then the brine is drained again, boiled and poured into the jars for the last time, after pouring vinegar into them. The container is sealed, turned upside down and cooled.

Can hot peppers be kept fresh for the winter?

It is best to store fresh chili peppers in a cool dark place or in the refrigerator on the middle shelf, folded in a plastic bag, and eaten continuously for 2 weeks. If there is a large amount of hot pepper stocks for the winter, it is necessary to carefully sort it out and send it to the freezer.

Experienced housewives recommend calculating the approximate dosage of the product, which may have been used for several days, and put it in trays or sachets in order to draw out a small portion, and not separate the capsicum one by one from the whole mass and do not re-defrost or freeze. This process has a negative impact on the nutritional properties of vegetables and fruits and destroys half of the vitamins and minerals in foods.