You don't necessarily need your own pepper bush to process fresh, green pepper. You can buy the grains already dried, but sometimes you can also buy them fresh. Green pepper is also great for pickling if it has already dried.

Preserve green pepper

Green pepper is not a different variety from real pepper, but only its immature harvested fruits, which - previously briefly quenched in boiling water - are either dried or placed in acid brine. The drying takes place very quickly at very high temperatures. Pickled dried pepper tastes similar to fresh, but is not as hot and much milder than black pepper. By the way, you can also easily freeze fresh green pepper and use it when needed. The grains are put in whole, but can also be crushed, ground or coarsely crushed before they are actually used.

Add fresh green pepper

In the supermarket, pickled pepper is usually pickled in a salty brine. You can pickle your own pepper and season it however you like. It is only important that the peppercorns and other ingredients are completely covered by a salt or vinegar brine. It is best to use a previously boiled jar with a screw cap.

In brine and cognac

  • Fill the screw-top jar with 40 grams of fresh or pickled green peppercorns.
  • Mix together 2 tablespoons each of dark balsamic vinegar and cognac.
  • Pour the mixture over the peppercorns and mix well.
  • Now boil 15 grams of salt with 500 milliliters of water.
  • Use coarse sea salt if possible.
  • Fill the jar until the peppercorns are well covered.
  • Screw the jar tightly and turn it upside down.
  • Allow the mixture to steep (shake occasionally) for two days.
  • Then store the jar in the fridge.

In wine vinegar and with tarragon

  • Soak 100 grams of dried or fresh green peppercorns in brine overnight.
  • To do this, dissolve 10 grams of salt in 200 milliliters of water.
  • Drain the mixture well the next morning.
  • Place the peppercorns in a clean screw-top jar with a sprig of fresh tarragon.
  • Pour the pepper with wine vinegar.
  • Leave the mixture for about 14 days.

tips and tricks

Red pepper is the fully ripe and unpeeled pepper fruit. You can also pickle it in brine, but it tastes much more fruity than the green pepper.

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