Spice Up Your Summer With Gardyn Hot Pepper Recipes

Hot peppers are delicious raw, grilled, or stuffed. In small amounts, they add a pop of flavor to spice up any dish.

Did you know there are also many ways to preserve peppers? Keep reading to get 4 tasty techniques and recipes perfect for your Gardyn pepper harvests!

Quick Pickled Peppers

Pickling is a great way to preserve a variety of different vegetables from your Gardyn, especially peppers! The pickling process brings out wonderful flavor combinations, and it’s an excellent way to extend the shelf life of your harvests.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups Gardyn peppers (hot or sweet)
• ½ cup water, at room temperature
• ½ cup rice vinegar
• 1 ½ tablespoons honey, maple syrup, OR sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 20 twists of freshly ground black pepper
• 2 leafy sprigs of fresh Dill, roughly chopped (or 1 teaspoon of dried dill)
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

1. Slice peppers into rounds or spears
2. Combine the water, vinegar, maple syrup (or sugar), salt, red pepper flakes (if using), and black pepper. 
3. Stir until most of the salt has dissolved into the liquid, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Set aside.
4. Place peppers into a wide-mouthed 16 ounce (pint) mason jar, and top with the dill and garlic.
5. Pour the liquid over the peppers in the jar until they are fully submerged.
6. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Store in the fridge for up to a month.