Drying method for thick-fleshed and thin-fleshed peppers:
- oven
- Drying cabinets
- Dehydrators
- Air drying
Thick-fleshed peppers can only be dried in the oven, drying cabinet or dehydrator. Thin-fleshed chillies like cayenne are also suitable for air-drying. Any drying method removes a lot of water from the pods and reduces bacteria and microorganisms. Peppers are preserved and prepared for grinding into chili powder or crushing into coarse pizza peppers.
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Thin-fleshed peppers for air-drying
- Aji Yellow (Amarillo)
- Andy (Hot Cayenne)
- Cayenne
- Zimbabwe Birdeye
- Piri-Piri
Thick-fleshed peppers for the oven, drying cabinet or dehydrator
- Anaheim
- Romanian
- Apple sweet
- Caribbean Red
- Hot peppers
Air dry peppers
Pull chilli pods on a stick with a needle on a string and hang up like a clothesline. Then let the peppers dry in the warm shade at 15 ° degrees with the roof window open.
In chilli countries like Hungary or Mexico, peppers are still dried in the traditional way with braided chains - risttras - that hang on the house wall. Drying takes 3 to 6 weeks.
Dry the peppers in the dehydrator
Thicker varieties are best dried in an electric dehydrator. Hot air blows up through the sieve trays from below. Water is withdrawn from the chillies. It smells all over the house. Caution! When the peppers are hotter, the eyes water sometimes. Depending on the device and type of chilli, drying can take eight hours. When the dried pods have cooled down, immediately put them in an airtight can.
Grind paprika into powder
For milder paprika or chilli powder, remove the stems, cups and seeds from the pods before grinding. Then remove. Then grind the pods into powder in an electric coffee grinder. Or pound into coarse pizza pepper with a mortar.
Tips & Tricks
To preserve peppers, you can soak them in vinegar or oil. Or dry, grind and use as a condiment. Pickled peppers are suitable as an accompaniment to meat at a barbecue party or as an appetizer.
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