What are some recipes that can be made using the Hot Pepper & Garlic Olive Oil?”
Now’s the time to make enough hot pepper oil for a year. Or, fill some recycled bottles with it to make holiday presents: all for very little money. For perspective we copied a header from a well known on-line “gourmet” food supplier: “220 ml Bottle of Chili Pepper Flavored Organic Olive Oil Regular price: $13.99” That scales up to almost US$60 per liter. We’ll tell you how to make your own for a couple of bucks a liter. Besides saving money, having plenty around gets lets the cook “titer up” the flavor and spice of a dish in direct proportion to it’s mass. You add a little at the start of the stir fry and a bit more at the end to adjust. The whole processing effort, from start to finish, should take less than 20 minutes, assuming your bottles are cleaned and ready ahead of time. Late fall is the perfect time of the year to buy bulk hot peppers on sale. Our Kara already is on the case for organic peppers; but any sort will do. We think the small, flashy red ones are the best for this p
