Lemon-Chili-Jelly
The result of my first chili harvest: Lemon-Chili-Jelly!
Recipe (from memory):
- Cut ~100 chilis (I used these) into thick rings.
- Put them in big pot.
- Add juice and zests of 4 lemons and 2 limes (which was what I had lying around, 6 lemons would be fine as well).
- Add water (a bit more than 1l).
- Bring to boil and let cook for a few minutes.
- I then ran out of time and let them cool down and stand for a day in a cool location.
- Bring to boil again, adding ~1kg sugar when the liquid gets warm (but before it cooks)
- Let it cook for a while
- Taste. If it's too sweet (which it was for me), add some more lemon juice or (if you're out of lemons like me) just plain lemon acid powder.
- Let it cook on low heat, testing if the jelly will set from time to time: take a teaspoon, put it on a cool plate and place it in the fridge for a few minutes. If you like the consistency, turn off the heat.
- Fill into sterilized glasses.
The result should "flow" like honey, taste first of lemon, then of sugar, and in the end the hot chilis hit you.