Padron peppers

[jeral Profile]

What to do with them? All I can find is to fry in EVOO, add salt, and eat.

I've ordered some on a whim (cold weather, nasal = chillies) despite not being a chilli belly at all. I was thinking a veg spaghetti dish with coconut cream. Any ideas please? Ta.

[Stokey Sue Profile]

I don’t really do anything with them beyond the olive oil and salt thing

The fun is supposed to be the Russian roulette element, but I haven’t had a hot one in years

I suppose there must be other re pies

[jeral Profile]

Oh boy, OK, Fried and salted lucky dip it shall be. I'm no coward, but the jury's out on being a fool

[Sakkarin Profile]

Could they be stuffed and battered like these green "chillies"? (in quotes because they were as mild as peppers).

Clearly I couldn't recall which recipe I used though.

http://carta.co.uk/foodforum/viewtopic. ... 860#p46860

[jeral Profile]

I think padron are meant to be quite small but as these are 2+" they are stuffable so not a bad idea. Thanks, I'll try that. I think karadekoolaid makes stuffed chillis, although unlikely to be padrons. I can devise a cheese and yoghurt etc mix that should work.

Also, I haven't deep fried for ages, so if the peppers fail I'll have veg standing by to be tempura'd. Squid rings in the freezer too, so they might get a look in. Well, that's tea sorted out

[Amyw Profile]

Maybe on a bruschetta with some mozzarella or ricotta ? Or a Spanish style salad with mixed greens, toasted almonds, manchego etc?

[Pampy Profile]

Try this https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chil ... oast_71091

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Fry them gently in olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt, and eat them.
The Life Story of a Padrón pepper

[scullion Profile]

i bought them once or twice, a few years back, - was unimpressed, no hot ones, not a great deal of (interesting) flavour, not very versatile and overpriced.

[Gillthepainter Profile Website]

Oooo padron peppers. I really like 'em.
2 mins to fry & toss about a bit. I've only ever seen them in Waitrose.

[Sakkarin Profile]

Oh dear, bought some Padron peppers in Lidl on impulse remembering this thread, only to find that there's not much in it! Hope that's not 99p down the drain...

Will have a hunt around for the stuffed chillies recipe. This may have been the one I used, although coaxing 2 potatoes into 4 chillies sounds dubious!
https://www.mamtaskitchen.com/recipe_di ... p?id=10277

[karadekoolaid Profile]

Hmmm. Stuffing Padrón peppers has just got to be a huge faff. A bit like making dolmades or stuffing okra.
Just find some really tasty olive oil - that often makes the difference. the peppers themselves, I regret to say, really don´t have a lot of flavour. Jalapeños are miles better!

[Sakkarin Profile]

You have to bear in mind that for my final cookery exam I chose to bone and stuff quail - now that is the ultimate faff! I've already been out and bought some fresh amchur and anardana specially.* And a big bottle of mustard oil. And some curry leaves for the freezer...


*Mango and Pomegranate powder for the uninitiated...

[jeral Profile]

I only managed to eat half of the ones I bought (not that many) by EVOO & salt fried. I found them bitter rather than hot so I didn't see the point of stuffing them if I didn't like the taste, lol, but also mine were very flat so the wrong shape to stuff. Good luck with yours.

[karadekoolaid Profile]

You have to bear in mind that for my final cookery exam I chose to bone and stuff quail - now that is the ultimate faff! I've already been out and bought some fresh amchur and anardana specially.* And a big bottle of mustard oil. And some curry leaves...

Ah - I´m preaching to the converted!!Hahaha!!

[Sakkarin Profile]

mine were very flat so the wrong shape to stuff

These ones were the biggest 5 which I've chosen to stuff, sheesh there were an awful lot of seeds in them!!! They were quite straightforward to deseed though, and didn't fall to pieces. Those 5 are already deseeded, you might be able to see the slit. The rest are not really stuffable size, the little one is the weeniest of the bunch.

The lemon is for scale...

[Sakkarin Profile]

And here's the final things!!! Tamarind, chango mutney and srirachi in the pots.

I see what you mean about the bitterness, fortunately the filling has a sweetness thanks to the amchur/anardana, and of course the accompaniments also help temper that.

Very tasty lunch/snack. However I've decided I'm not going to stuff the rest, they others really are too small - so it will be the salt and evoo version tomorrow. I wonder if I need do something to offset the bitterness?

[KeenCook2 Profile]

They look great! I bet you'll demolish them in a lot less time than it took to make them

[Sakkarin Profile]

Guilty!

[Lokelani Profile]

i don't even like hot chillis but hubbie does. So I bought some in Waitrose last year & had the same experience as others, they were all very milld. A bit disappointing really.

They weren't large enough to contemplate stuffing. Who was it that said "life it too short to stuff a mushroom'? Was it even a mushroom, I'm not sure!