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[Cate in NZ]

I needed a chilli for a recipe that I made over the weekend, but couldn't buy a single one, ended up instead with a little bag of about 15 birds eye chillis . Since I have so many left over I thought I might try to make some chilli oil (we all love the chilli oil in Zizzi's ) so I'm sure it'd get well used

 

But I can't find a recipe in any of my books . And I happened upon a thread on another forum when I was searching for recipes which all got a little heated on the subject of botulism . Any hints, tips or recipes please........I don't mind blowing my family's breath away with hot chillies, but am pretty keen to avoid poisoning them

[Christian]

I made several bottles of chilli oil last year. Here goes -

 

make a cut lengthways in the chilli but not all the way through, so that it stays together. put them on a tray in the airing cupboard (i put them on a plate with kitchen paper and then on a radiator, as i don't have an airing cupboard)

 

Let them dry until they are crispy

 

Put them in a nice bottle and fill with normal olive oil.

 

Voila!!

 

You can also add dried herbs etc to make it look more authentic. The contents should settle at the bottom. Ready in a couple of months. If the chillies float then keep shaking the bottle until each chilli fills up with oil.

[Cate in NZ]

Fantastic Christian, thank you.

 

Only problem is I don't have an airing cupboard either.............and I'm having to drape my wet laundry over the radiators to dry everything at the moment. That's it.............great excuse not to do any more laundry

[Rhapsody]

nuke 'em in the microwave then babe.