More about Stocking the Pantry

Every year I plant almost as many peppers as I do Tomatoes. Sigh

 

Experience has taught me not to get carried away with the hot ones.

 

A garden has to have banana peppers, so this year

 

I tried Sweet Savannah.  The seed catalog said they were sweet and they really are.

 

They are long and beautiful..and I seem to have no market for them.

 

Last year when I had lots of hotter ones...I was intrigued by a Hot Pepper Butter

 

recipe I saw in one of those community cookbooks.  But...typically I couldn't find it

 

this year.  So...on to the internet I came.  At Allrecipes.com I found a recipe...it is different than

 

the original I was looking at.  (I found that one today..AFTER I made this one) and typically me

 

I altered it a bit.  The result is yummy....yummmy...yummy.

 

Here is a picture.

And here is the recipe I used:

 

Mild Pepper Mustard

 

10 Sweet Savannah Banana Peppers plus half of one fresh ripe long red cayenne pepper

 

1 Cup Prepared French's yellow mustard

 

1/4 Cup Sorghum...you can use honey...I just had sorghum

 

11/4 cup white sugar

 

1 Cup apple cider vinegar

 

1/4 Tblsp. salt

 

1/4 cup flour

 

1/4 cup water

 

Directions:

1. Remove the seeds from the peppers and chop coarsely.  Put in a food processor or chopper and chop or blend until smooth. Pour into a large pot and stir in the mustard, sorghum, sugar, apple cider and salt.  Bring to a boil, so that it is boiling so hard you cannot stir it down.

 

2.  Stir together the flour and water until smooth. Pour into the boiling mixture..continue boiling and stirring constantly for five minutes.  Pour into steril 1/2 pint jars and seal with new lids and rings.  Process in a boiling water bath 5 to 10 minutes, depending on your altitude.

 

 

The result was a sweet, mildly warm just right pretzel dipping sauce.