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Spicy Pepper Relish Can Really Make A Difference To Your Meal

By Grace Rivera


Adding a bit of spice to any life is possible in various ways; one that stands out is using some spicy pepper relish. Although nine out of ten people choose to rather buy relishes from a store, however there are a small handful of people that will make these relishes themselves. One will be able to find quite a few awesome recipes online.

It will seem that when one reads through these recipes that there is no hard or fast rule as to what type of peppers one should use. In fact most like to encourage one to experiment and combine numerous different types of chilies and peppers. One specific recipe simply requires a person to throw all of the raw peppers into a blender and add ingredients such as salt, garlic, sugar and vinegar.

But one does notice that vinegar stands out as a standard ingredient that is added to these different relishes. Mostly they include wine vinegar which acts as a pickling agent. Besides pickling the vinegar also has natural capabilities to preserve the mixture, this means that these home made relishes can be kept for weeks on end in ones refrigerator.

Most people will say that the main advantage of making relishes at home is that they are able to determine how potent or mild they want it to end up being. One particular person also pointed out that it was an ideal solution for them to use up the wide array of chili peppers that were beginning to shrivel up. So this goes to show that one need not throw out those older peppers or go out and buy new ones in order to make these mixtures.

Both white and brown sugar is another one of those must include ingredients. Sugar is normally added as it has a natural ability to reduce the "heat" as well as the acidity that one finds in the various types of chili peppers, especially when combined into one mixture. Garlic is just one of those complimentary ingredients that have the ability to enhance the flavor of almost anything that it is put together with and this is most certainly the case when combined with chilies.

A really unique recipe is one that is slowly cooked over a low heat for several hours. The person that posted this recipe does admit that it is a very time consuming process but that it is well worth the effort. A definite benefit is that the recipe, although it requires a lot of time, makes enough to last an entire year.

One will only have to undertake this lengthy process once a year. But the main thing that makes this particular mixture stand out is that it incorporates numerous fresh vegetables and ingredients. These also include basil as well as oregano fresh from the garden or supermarket, no dried spices.

Spicy Pepper Relish can be considered as a brilliant condiment for all types of food. Forget pouring plain old mustard or tomato sauce over ones food. Rather use one of these recipes and add some panache to that plate of food, sauce or sandwich.




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