Pickled peppers for the winter: finger-licking recipes. Photo

Ripening period:	late-ripening
Fruit shape:	bell
Taste qualities:	medium-hot
Color:	red
Productivity:	1.5-2.0 kg per bush

In Russia, a huge number of pepper varieties are grown, which are divided into sweet and hot. But you can find varieties with an average level of sweetness and spiciness. In addition to the unique taste, the Bell pepper has an exotic fruit shape, which increases interest in the variety. In this case, the bushes can be grown in closed or open ground, depending on the planting region.

Pickled sweet peppers without sterilization

Let's look at a simple recipe first. We preserve the peppers in oil - preferably homemade, unrefined.

Ingredients:

1 kg of processed pepper;
50 g salt;
1 liter of water;
150 ml vinegar (9%);
200 ml vegetable oil.

How to prepare:

We clean the sweet peppers from tails and seeds, wash them, and cut them into pieces.
Place the peppers in a saucepan, add water to cover (more than a liter). Add 2 tbsp. spoons of butter. Simmer covered for 5 minutes.
Remove the peppers with a slotted spoon and place in a colander. Pour 1 liter of liquid from the pan into a separate bowl, pour out the rest. Add the remaining oil, salt, and vinegar to this liter. Stirring, bring to a boil and turn off the heat.
Dip the pepper into the marinade, cover with a lid, and let it brew for 12 hours.
In the meantime, sterilize the jars and scald the plastic lids with boiling water.
Transfer the cooled and ready-made peppers into jars and close the lids. Store in the refrigerator.
Here is a simple recipe for sweet peppers, marinated for the winter, prepared without sterilization. You can also make rolls using it in a cold way - just dip the pepper in the almost cooled marinade and leave for a day.

Note: chopped peppers of different colors look very beautiful in a jar.

When to Harvest

I pick fruits selectively. Sometimes I pick green peppers because they are sweeter. In just a week, the bells become redder and acquire a sharp taste.

About 150 days pass from the appearance of the first shoots to harvest.

To prevent fruits from spoiling quickly, they must be stored properly. Spicy bell peppers can be kept fresh for 2 days, in the refrigerator - up to 5 weeks.

Before buying seeds of this variety, I read a lot of reviews about it. Most gardeners admire it, praising its unpretentiousness and amazing taste. Even beginners can cope with growing hot red bell peppers.

I grind the fruits in a coffee grinder and use them for various dishes. I especially like to cook aromatic pilaf with a spicy note and fiery adjika. I really want to try the recipe for hot pickled bell peppers. What kind of dishes do you cook from them?

Whole pepper marinated with garlic and herbs

I really love and appreciate recipes with oil and garlic for pickled bell peppers for the winter. First, I’ll tell you how to cook whole peppers in liter jars.

Ingredients for one jar:

10-12 pcs. bell pepper;
4-5 pcs. garlic cloves;
50 ml vegetable oil;
1 PC. bay leaf;
4-5 pcs. allspice peas;
1 clove bud;
Parsley, thyme - to taste;
0.5 tbsp. spoons of salt;
3 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
5 tbsp. spoons of vinegar (9%).

How to prepare:

Cut off the tops of the peppers, remove the seeds, and wash them. Divide the garlic into cloves and cut into slices. Wash the greens and chop them.
Pour oil into a frying pan and fry the whole pepper, covering with a lid, until it becomes soft.
Place peppers, chopped garlic and herbs, cloves, allspice, and bay leaves in sterilized jars in layers. Add sugar, salt and vinegar.
Boil water in a kettle and pour it over the vegetables in the jar. Immediately roll up the lids.
Shake the jars and roll them on the table so that the salt and sugar dissolve. Let's turn it over and wrap it up. After cooling, transfer to a cool place.

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How to care for a bell

To get a guaranteed harvest, a number of crop care measures should be followed.

Garter and trimming

To prevent fungal diseases, I trim leaves and shoots that are before the first ovary. As it grows, I remove vertical shoots. After harvesting, I remove all shoots.

A tall bush must be tied to a support.

Watering and fertilizing

Hot peppers do not like drought. You should regularly water the crop with warm water and monitor soil moisture. Cold liquid is not suitable.

The roots of the plant are located almost on the surface of the earth, so the soil should not dry out more than 2-3 cm.

Main stages of fertilization:

2 weeks after transplantation - organic matter;
during the budding period - wood ash;
after 21 days – a complex of minerals.

If the soil is always too wet, it can lead to fungal rot. There is no need to loosen the beds deeply. I prefer to mulch them with straw, peat or humus.

Pepper in tomato sauce

And now I’ll share a recipe on how to make aromatic peppers in tomato sauce.

Ingredients (for 4 0.5 l jars):

1.5 kg of sweet pepper;
80 ml tomato sauce (any you like);
250 ml water;
60 ml vegetable oil;
50 ml vinegar (9%);
15 g salt;
50 g sugar;
Bay leaf, black peppercorns - to taste.

How to prepare:

Wash the jars with soda and sterilize them over steam. Cook the lids in boiling water for 5 minutes.
We clean the peppers, remove the stems and seeds, wash them, and cut them into pieces.
Pour clean water into the pan, add vegetable oil, sugar, bay leaf, peppercorns, salt, vinegar. Add tomato sauce and stir.
Now add the sweet pepper. Heat to a boil, simmer covered for 10 minutes.
When hot, place the mixture into jars and screw on the lids. After steeping under a blanket, we transfer it to the cellar for storage.

Characteristics of the variety

Today, no one will be surprised by red, yellow or green bell peppers, but bell peppers clearly stand out against their background. Outwardly, it resembles a flower bud and can be used in the garden as an ornamental plant.

You can recognize a hot red bell pepper by the following characteristics:

bush 2 meters high;
original shape of pepper in the form of bells;
fruit weight up to 100 g;
powerful stems;
dense fleshy pulp of hot pepper;
spreading bushes;
The growing season is 140-150 days.

A friend of mine has been growing the crop at home on her windowsill for many years. If the climate is suitable, the plant will delight the gardener with a harvest for several years.

In the description of the bell pepper variety, it is also worth mentioning its high yield. It is 1.5-2 kg per bush.

Bell peppers marinated in oil

Consider a recipe for pickled peppers, cut into slices, cooked with butter and garlic.

Ingredients:

3 kg of bell pepper;
1/2 cup sugar:
50 g salt;
1/2 head of garlic;
250 ml vegetable oil;
250 ml vinegar (6%);
Parsley, dill - to taste.

How to prepare:

We sterilize jars and lids. Let's discuss them.
Process the pepper and cut it into slices. Peel the garlic, wash it and chop it into small cubes. Wash the greens, dry them, cut them.
Place the peppers in a saucepan and add oil. Add vinegar, sugar, salt. Simmer covered for 20 minutes after it boils.
Five minutes before readiness, add garlic and herbs.

Place the peppers in jars and cover with metal lids. The workpiece is perfectly stored indoors.

A little history

The Bluebell plant is native to South Africa. It was widespread throughout India. Externally, the shape of the fruit resembles the bell of the same name, in honor of which it received its name.

It appeared in Russia only a few decades ago. Its seeds are rare in stores and have a high price.

Similar to bell peppers and hot peppers. The fruits acquire a spicy taste and aroma in accordance with the ripening process.

Hot pepper Bell photo

Bell pepper for the winter

Canned peppers can be not only amazingly tasty, but also beautiful! Pay attention to the semi-sharp variety “bell” - it’s not a shame to serve it on the festive table. I offer a spicy version of the preparation with honey.

Ingredients for 1 liter jar:

10-12 pcs. bell peppers;
1 liter of water;
2-3 cloves of garlic;
1 tbsp. spoon of honey;
1 tbsp. spoon of sugar;
1 tbsp. spoon of salt;
2 tbsp. spoons of vinegar (9%);
Spices - to taste and desire (bay leaf, peppercorns, clove buds, dill, parsley, basil, currant leaves).

How to prepare:

Bell peppers look beautiful whole. Therefore, we will simply cut out the stalk with the seeds and wash it inside and out. We will not cut into pieces.
Place greens, currant leaves, and other spices to taste on the bottom of sterilized jars. Then fill the container with peppers up to their shoulders.
Boil water in a saucepan, add sugar, salt, honey. Pour the marinade over the vegetables in the jars and cover with clean lids for 5 minutes.
Pour the water back into the pan, boil again and pour the pepper into the jars. Leave for 10 minutes.
Pour the liquid into the pan again and add vinegar. And pour chopped garlic into the jars. For the third time, boil the marinade, pour it into jars and roll it up with a key.

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Let's turn it over and wrap it in a warm blanket. Let's wait until it cools down. An amazing bittersweet snack is ready! You can store such preservation in the pantry.

Note: this version uses vinegar, but you can replace the vinegar with lemon juice in the same amount. It will turn out even tastier and much healthier.

Diseases and pests

Bell pepper is highly resistant to diseases of garden crops, but when planted in open ground near other plants, the risk of infection cannot be completely avoided. The danger to the variety is:

Blackleg. The disease manifests itself in darkening of parts of the plant followed by rotting. Damaged bushes need to be dug up, and healthy ones should be sprayed with a solution of copper sulfate and sprinkled with wood ash.
Anthracnose. First, a light brown spot appears on the leaf, which changes color to a darker one and increases over time, then a convex border appears. Infected parts of plants need to be cut off and the bushes treated with a fungicide.
Gray rot. Gray fungal spots may appear on the fruits and leaves, which become covered with spores after a week. Plants need to be treated at an early stage of the disease.
Wilt. Symptoms of the disease include yellowing and wilting of shoots, followed by stunting of Bell pepper growth. If loosening the soil and fertilizing do not help, then the plant must be removed entirely.
Spotting. With this disease, the color of the foliage changes to bronze, and the fruits become covered with yellowish spots. For treatment, you need to use chemical antifungal agents and reduce watering of plants to a minimum.

Red Bell pepper, like other bitter varieties, repels most pests. Damage to the bushes is possible when attacked by aphids or the Colorado potato beetle. To eliminate insects, you can use spraying with insecticides or a soap solution with folk remedies.

Pickled bell peppers in 15 minutes

As you can see, there are many finger-licking options for pickled peppers for the winter. Recipes with photos will also help you make a snack very quickly - literally in 15 minutes.

Ingredients:

500 g peeled bell pepper;
4 cloves of garlic;
3 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil;
1 tbsp. spoon of salt;
4 tbsp. spoons of granulated sugar;
1 liter of water;
4 tbsp. spoons of vinegar (9%);
Parsley, dill - to taste;
1 PC. bay leaf;
5-6 pcs. black peppercorns.

How to prepare:

Fill jars and plastic lids with boiling water and leave to sterilize for a few minutes.
Place a bowl of water on the stove, pour sugar, salt, seasonings into it, and pour in vinegar.
In the meantime, cut the pepper: clean it from the insides, rinse it, cut it into several pieces lengthwise.
After the marinade boils, add pepper and simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and leave to brew for another five minutes.
During this time, chop the garlic and herbs. Throw them into a pan with pepper, add vegetable oil. Mix.

Place the instant peppers in a jar and cover with a plastic lid. After cooling, put it in the refrigerator.

Landing rules

Agricultural cultivation techniques are not much different from growing bell peppers. This species is quite unpretentious. But you still have to follow some rules.

Planting seeds and growing seedlings

Experienced gardeners recommend using seeds that are about 5 years old for planting, and storing freshly collected seeds.
It is better to start planting seeds for seedlings in the third decade of January or in the first half of February, since the growing season for pepper takes 5 months.
The bell does not like transplants, so it is better not to pick, but immediately plant the seeds in separate containers. Regular plastic cups will do.
Make small slits at the bottom to allow air to flow to the root system and prevent excess moisture from accumulating.
Prepare the soil mixture as follows: take fertile soil and mix with a small amount of wood ash. The containers are filled two-thirds with substrate.
The seeds are buried to a depth of 5 - 6 mm.
The room where the seeds will germinate should be very warm, at least 22 - 23 degrees Celsius. When the first shoots appear, you can move the peppers to the windowsill or to the table.
The plant loves light, so when the daylight hours are still too short, provide additional lighting. Fluorescent lamps are suitable.

When it is necessary to plant seedlings, this procedure must be carried out extremely carefully. The root system of the crop is very fragile. Under no circumstances should you pinch it.

Under no circumstances should you pinch it.

Transplantation into open ground

Be sure to wait until the overnight residual frosts are completely over. Only after this replant the plant in open ground. By this time, the seedling should have from 10 to 12 independent adult leaves.

Plant young bushes in a well-lit place where there are no drafts or wind. The best option would be to plant in the place where cucumbers, legumes or cabbage grew last year.
It is advisable to plant seedlings in cloudy weather or in the evening when there is no sun. This way the plants adapt and take root faster.
The distance between the bushes should be at least 40 - 50 cm.
Pour a handful of wood ash into each planting hole, and after planting, water the bush with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.
Mulch the soil around the bush. This will protect it from the growth of weeds nearby, from overheating, and retain moisture for a longer time.
If it gets cold or the weather turns bad or there is a lot of precipitation, then cover the planting with film or, if the plant grows in a tub, bring the container indoors.

Not much different from caring for other types of peppers. But there are a few differences.

The bush needs shaping, as it is considered tall. Side shoots need to be pinched.
Watering is carried out only with warm water; cold water is stressful for the plant.
Apply a solution of mullein (1:10) 2 weeks after planting.
During the period of flowering and fruit formation, feed the plant with potash and phosphorus fertilizers.
4 weeks before the start of harvesting, all shoots should be pinched. This is necessary for all the fruits to ripen.

When the pepper is still green, it tastes sweet. In a state of maturity, sharpness appears. Green peppers ripen within a week.

Recipe "Dungan"

Many people love hot Dungan peppers - fried, stewed, stuffed. Let's marinate it today! The appetizer is moderately hot, spicy, and perfectly complements various dishes.

Ingredients (for two 1 liter jars):

1 kg Dungan pepper (long green pods);
8 cloves of garlic;
1 liter of water;
250 ml vegetable oil;
4 tbsp. spoons of sugar;
1 tbsp. spoon of salt;
250 ml vinegar (9%);
10-15 pcs. black peppercorns;
1-2 pcs. bay leaf.

How to prepare:

Cut off the tops of the peppers, remove the seeds, and wash. Next, cut them in half lengthwise or leave them whole.
Peel the garlic, wash it, cut it into slices. Wash the bay leaf and let it dry.
We sterilize containers for preservation in any convenient way.
Bring the water in the pan to a boil. Add sugar, salt, bay leaf, black peppercorns, oil and vinegar. Then add half the total amount of garlic.
Reduce heat and add Dungan pepper. Simmer for five minutes.
Place the remaining garlic and spices (peppercorns, bay leaves) removed from the marinade using a slotted spoon at the bottom of the jars. Then fill the jar tightly with hot pepper. Pour in the hot marinade.

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Seal with lids, turn over, wrap. After cooling, the fiery snack can be served or hidden for storage.

Growing rules

It is necessary to grow Bellflower in the same way as ordinary Bulgarian varieties.
Bell pepper can be planted in beds, tubs or greenhouses. Cultivation should begin with preparing the seeds. Advice! Seeds that were collected five years ago have the best germination rate. It is better not to sow fresh seeds.

Landing

The growing season of bittersweet pepper is five months, so seeds are sown at the end of January or at the beginning of February. Containers for seedlings can be plastic. Small holes should be made in the bottom of cups or containers to drain excess moisture. The containers are filled with a mixture of soil and wood ash, 1/3 of the volume should remain free.

For normal germination, the soil temperature should be 20-23 degrees, so for the first time, pepper-flower seedlings are removed to a very warm place. When the shoots appear, you can move the cups to the windowsill or table. For active development, the heat-loving variety needs a lot of light, so the seedlings will have to be supplemented with light.

Bell peppers, including Bell peppers, do not tolerate transplantation well. Therefore, it is better to avoid the process of picking seedlings. To do this, the seeds are immediately sown in disposable individual cups or a sufficient distance is left between them in common containers.

Attention! If bell pepper seedlings still had to be plucked, you need to do this very carefully, trying not to damage the delicate and fragile roots. During transplantation, the roots of the Bluebell are not pinched! Water the pepper seedlings sparingly, use only warm water

On good sunny days, Bellflower seedlings can be taken outside or onto the balcony so that they gradually harden

Water the pepper seedlings sparingly, using only warm water. On good sunny days, Bellflower seedlings can be taken outside or onto the balcony so that they gradually harden.

Peppers are planted in the ground when the ground has warmed up well and the threat of frost has passed. Choose a place for planting that is sunny and protected from the wind. The soil on the site should be fertile - pepper loves it.

Planting is carried out in the evening or in cloudy weather. The distance between the holes should be at least 40-50 cm (although usually one Bluebell bush is enough for a gardener). It is recommended to pour a handful of wood ash into each planting hole to keep the soil loose and moisture-absorbing. After planting, the flower pepper is watered with a one percent solution of potassium permanganate.

Advice! It is better to mulch the planted Bell peppers. Mulch will protect the roots from overheating and help retain moisture.

In cold regions, immediately after planting, it is better to cover the Bluebell seedlings with film or grow peppers in tubs that can be brought into the warmth in case of cold weather.

Care

You need to care for the Bell pepper variety in the same way as for a simple bell pepper. The only difference is that the spicy-sweet variety will have to be shaped.

So, you should care for plantings of spicy bell peppers as follows:

When the bushes bloom, they pinch off all the side shoots that are below the first formed ovary.
Subsequently, the gardener must regularly remove all stepsons whose growth is directed vertically.
The bush branches on its own, but a month and a half before the end of the warm season, the gardener pinches off all the shoots growing at that moment. This will allow the peppers to ripen.
Bell pepper is watered only with warm water. Frequent watering can harm the plant, so the amount of moisture is controlled.
The soil around the flower pepper is loosened and weeds are removed.
Before flowering, it is better to treat the bushes with fungicidal preparations and carry out prevention against pests.
Fertilize the Bell three times per season. 10-14 days after planting, the seedlings are fertilized with mullein diluted in water. During the flowering period, peppers can be fed with a solution of wood ash, and after another two to three weeks, mineral components can be added: calcium, potassium, phosphorus.
You can also pick the fruits when they are green – in this state they are sweeter. The spiciness accumulates in the pepper literally over a week, while it turns from green to red.

The Bell variety is perennial, the trunk of this pepper tends to become woody, and the leaves fall off the bushes as the temperature drops. To avoid planting spicy peppers again next year, you can transplant the bushes into tubs and bring them indoors or onto a warm balcony for the winter. In the spring, buds will appear on the plants again, leaves will grow, and the bell pepper will form new fruits.

Attention! Bellflower can bear fruit until the first frost.

Jalapeño

Also a suitable option for spicy lovers. Be careful with the spices so that the jalapeño pepper retains its nutrients to the maximum.

Ingredients:

20 pcs. jalapeno pepper;
300 ml of clean water;
280 ml of vinegar (6%) – can be wine or apple;
5 tbsp. spoons of granulated sugar;
3 tbsp. spoons of salt;
3-4 cloves of garlic.

How to prepare:

Sterilize the jars over steam, cook the lids in boiling water for 5 minutes.
Cut off the tails of the peppers and remove the seeds. We wash the peppercorns and cut them into rings.
Peel the garlic and cut the cloves in half lengthwise.
Pour filtered water into the pan. Add sugar, salt, garlic, vinegar. Stir, bring to a boil and turn off.
Dip the pepper rings into the marinade and cover with a lid. Let it brew for 15 minutes.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the peppercorns into jars, pour in the marinade and roll up the lids. Let cool upside down under a warm blanket.

Advantages and disadvantages

Moderately hot pepper has a number of advantages:

The variety is suitable for long-term cultivation in one place.
You can collect and prepare seeds for subsequent planting yourself.
It is possible to grow peppers in separate containers that can be moved from place to place without damaging the plant.
Bushes with unusual peppers have a high decorative value.
Versatility of use in cooking: canning, drying, heat treatment, eating raw.
A special spicy taste that combines sweetness, sourness and spiciness in equal measure.
The fruits contain high levels of useful substances, especially B vitamins.
Presence of serotonin.

By growing bitter bell in a greenhouse with a constant climate, you can get a significantly larger harvest than when planting in open ground. Other disadvantages include:

long growing season;
presence of contraindications for consumption.

Hot bell peppers should not be eaten by pregnant women and children, as well as those with heart and digestive system diseases.

Details about hot pepper

Hot pepper is an annual plant that has a woody stem with dense branching. Its leaves have a pointed shape with notched or solid edges. They may be naked or slightly pubescent. The height of the bush can vary from 30 to 120 cm. Hot pepper has small yellow inflorescences that are located at the joints of the branches. Depending on the variety, pepper has fruits weighing from 5 to 200 grams. They can be ovoid, cylindrical or conical. This determines their grade. The color scheme of bitter pepper, like sweet pepper, can change throughout the entire ripening period. Only the emerging fruits are green. Already ripe pods acquire a bright red hue. For further cultivation of this plant, its seeds are used, which remain viable for 5 years. Therefore, you can collect seeds once every few years.

Hot pepper is very beneficial for our body. The alkaloid element included in its composition has a positive effect. This substance helps digest heavy foods.

It goes well with many meat dishes. But for those who have problems with the health of the stomach and intestines, its use will only bring harm. For diabetes and high acidity, hot pepper is also not recommended. It can only irritate the gastric mucosa and worsen the course of the disease.

Hot red pepper has another amazing property. It can have a beneficial effect on hair structure and growth, and also strengthens your nails. It is the red and spicy product that can do these miracles. It is especially recommended for those who have the problem of hair fragility. It also has good benefits for males. It copes well with the problem of potency. Therefore, a man who has this disease is recommended to eat dishes that contain this wonderful product.

Hot pepper is also found in the wild, namely in the regions of South and Central America that are its homeland. Spain became the first European country to grow hot peppers. For this purpose its seeds were used. It was here that hot pepper was cultivated and subsequently spread to other countries. You can see all its varieties in the photos posted on the Internet by gardeners.