A Pickled Peck Of Padron Peppers - Twist Your Natural Language Amongst Flavor

While I was at the initiative Atlanta Food & Wine Festival a few weeks ago, I attended a bear witness yesteryear Donald Link, on the topic of working alongside hot peppers. When Link told the crowd he's used over 150 dissimilar varieties of peppers, nosotros knew nosotros were listening to the correct dude.

During the presentation Chef Link made a quick together with colorful batch of pickled peppers, together with piece they did expect great, it was the vinegar they were brined inwards that actually caught my attention.

The James Beard Award winning chef said that every station inwards his kitchens convey but about of this spicy vinegar inwards it, together with that this magic potion is used liberally inwards all kinds of things; rice, dressings, together with marinades, but to advert a few.

So, when Michele came habitation concluding calendar week alongside a pocketbook of oversized Padron peppers, I decided to rate this a whirl. I was inwards 1 of those 'don't produce whatever inquiry earlier y'all start' moods, together with but went for it. I decided to purpose vinegar together with sugar, but no salt.

I know salt, together with lots of it, is constitute inwards virtually all pickling brines, but I wanted to encounter what would move on if it was omitted. Since I'm non just certain what I'm going to purpose this vinegar on or in, I idea that would rate me to a greater extent than flexibility

Of course, the alone work alongside an experiment similar this is I convey to hold back a few weeks, at least, to gustation my creation. I'm non a patient person, but hopefully I'll survive rewarded. If y'all can't uncovering Pardon peppers (see bonus coverage below), together with hence whatever small-scale fresh pepper volition work, particularly jalapeno or ruddy Fresno chilies. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Like I said inwards the video, this is an experiment. Try this at your ain risk!

Ingredients:

Enough peppers to close fill upwards a quart jar

3 cups white vinegar

1/2 loving cup sugar

4 cloves garlic, peeled, halved

1 teaspoon dark peppercorns

1/2 teaspoon ruddy pepper flakes

View the consummate recipe

Bonus Padron Pepper Coverage!

Padron peppers are such a fascinating fruit (yes, similar tomatoes, they are technically a fruit), together with I covered them inwards means to a greater extent than item inwards this post I did concluding August. I've posted the video below, but I encourage y'all curious culinarians to go cheque out the total post service here. Enjoy!