Chilli Harvest

While I was away I missed the harvest from the Chilli Farm (aka the back garden and greenhouse). Luckily the missus took some pictures with here phone.

Here's what the dining room table looked like once the majority had been collected. In fact having filled the bottom drawer of the freezer, filled a handful of pickle jars and making several jars of chilli sauce, the dining room table is still covered in chillis, now drying nicely. The smell is fantastic.

These are the Fiesta chillis.

They are a lovely mix of colours and are quite hot.

This is a small selection of the pile of Guajillo chillis.

These are mostly being dried. They are very mild in flavour, and have all turned red while drying. Great for adding colour.

Here are some little birds-eye type chillis that came from some of the Caribbean mix plants.

Very potent. To show the scale, one of the Tokyo Hot chillis is laid on top. These are medium hot, quite sweet and fruity.

And here are my favourites, the Habanero Orange chillis.

Absolute dynamite, but beautifully fruity.

Now, how are we going to eat them all? I think I'll make some chilli con carne this weekend, for a start.