As the   summertime garden season progress into late August each year , we always find ourselves look for for fashion to keep up the hundreds of pepper that seem to ripen all at once .

A few days back ,   we began to expend the excess of peppers to create our own red-hot pepper flakes , ground pepper pulverization and even our own chili powder .

Late summer always brings an overburden of peppers from the garden !

Late summer always brings an overload of peppers from the garden!

Late summer always brings an overload of peppers from the garden!

The gustation is so tonic   – with no worries of preservative or additives that are found in so many of the commercial spices and spicery package !   you could dry out nearly any variety of your blistering or soft peppers to make your own unique portmanteau , and in fact , many times we make a great tasting powder   from dry and grinding a mixture of our Cayenne , Cajun Belle and Chinese 5 color white pepper all at once .

But   with a H.M.S. Bounty of cayenne white pepper mature all at once in the garden – we thought for today ’s article and corresponding video , we would deal how we make our cayenne powder .   you may see step by footstep instructions below along with a printable recipe .

The summons is soft to make out and can be done in a number of way .   We use mere oven method below for today ’s recipe – but you could also use a dehydrator if you have one on bridge player , or you could dry out your Madagascar pepper tardily in the sunlight if you live in a live and arid mood .   Our humidity levels here in Ohio can make that unmanageable – so we unremarkably go with the oven or dehydrator method .

red pepper flakes

Once the peppers are dried , the unconscious process is the same   to make the powder no thing the method used for drying .

Ingredients / Equipment Required : cayenne peppers ( any amount will work)ovenbaking sheet(s)food central processor / grinderfine mesh strainerkitchen gloves to treat red-hot peppers

Instructions :

red pepper flakes

Preheat   oven to 200 degrees F

    • point — This is best done in a well - air out kitchen .   Also , when open up the oven door , allow the air to escape before looking in – otherwise you will get a hot pepper steam facial !

stock in an air tight container for up to 6 months for maximal impertinence – or you’re able to immobilise them as well to keep even longer .

delight !

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How To Make Your Own Cayenne Pepper Powder

Ingredients

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formula courtesy of Old World Garden farm