Chili and Red Bell Pepper Appetizer
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Chili and Red Bell Pepper Appetizer is a delicious, hot dip to add to your cheese platter. Great small jars make perfect gift for your foodie friend!
Since both chili and red bell peppers are considered to be fruits, here we have sweet and spicy fruit preserve to match perfectly with cheese and salami served for appetizers!
This batch of bell pepper appetizer with chili is easy to make and once done, packed in small glass jars containing 13 tsp or 6 Tbsp of this paste. You don’t need that much of it. One single drop on a slice of cheese is enough to make you looking for beer. It is hot!
There is an interesting fact about red bell peppers: the red ones have almost 11 times more beta-carotene and 2 times more vitamin C, so yes, red ones are healthier compared to green peppers!
To learn more about peppers take a closer look here .
To go one step further, which has more vitamin C a red bell pepper or orange ?
Green, red and yellow bell peppers, also known as capsicum, are loaded with health benefits and are richer in vitamin C as compared to oranges.
For 12 more foods with more vitamin C than oranges look here .
Is there a taste difference between red, green or yellow bell peppers?
The color of bell peppers changes from green to yellow, orange, and red the longer it is allowed to mature on the plant. Green peppers feature a more bitter flavor profile. Orange and yellow bell peppers are sweeter, with the sweetest being the red bell pepper. This is why red bell peppers match chili much more since this combination gives sweet spicy flavours to your cheese platter. Irresistible!
And, that is why our Old Fashioned Stuffed Bell Peppers are so good!
all the ingredients boil in the oven and make beautiful composition of sweet and bitterish flavours with stuffing no-one can resist!
Is chili good for you?
According to a new report, chili pepper in your diet could lower your risk of dying of cancer or cardiovascular disease and could also promote longevity.
For more dishes we made using bell peppers, take a look below:
Beef Bouillon Leftovers and Bell Pepper Salad
Chili and Red Bell Pepper Appetizer
Chili and Red Bell Pepper Appetizer is a delicious, hot dip to add to your cheese platter. Great small jars make perfect gift for your foodie friend!
Ingredients
- 4 red bell peppers ( 1 lb )
- 10 fresh red chilis, 1 inch long
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
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After you wash the bell peppers, clean them and take the seeds out.
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Cut the bell peppers to quarters and chop to get small parts. It should give approx. 4 cups in total.
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Clean and finely chop chilis. I suggest using gloves for this part!
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In a pot, on light heat, boil bell peppers, chilis, vinegar, salt and sugar for one hour.
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Remove from fire, rest it for a while to cool a bit and pour all together to a blender to make puree.
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Warm the oven (150 C / 302 F) and put 5 clean glass jars into it to become hot.
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Return puree to pot and cook for additional 15 minutes.
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Fill the glass jars, close them, turn them upside down for 10 minutes and return them to normal position.
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Leave to get cold.
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Serve with cheese, grapes, pears, taralli and prosciutto.
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