Pepper "jalapeno": seeds. Hot pepper "jalapeno". Marinated pepper "jalapeno"

It is impossible to imagine Mexican cuisine, in which there is no jalapeno pepper (photo is presented in the article). It is he who gives her dishes spicy, immediately recognizable taste. Although it is one of the varieties of the world famous chili, Mexicans prefer this particular variety, consuming a burning red pepper much less often. At us while pepper jalapeno is considered to some extent exotic. Many even have a weak idea of what it is. Our article is designed to enlighten domestic culinary specialists in this respect.

What is jalapeno pepper?

The main distinguishing feature, for which he is particularly appreciated, are the miniature sizes of pepper. The maximum to which a pod grows is nine centimeters. But the best are small, 5-6-centimeter peppers. At first they have a green color, but they grow red as they grow. High-quality are considered jalapeño before redness. It is green pods that are used fresh and marinated; Reds are usually dried, chopped and added to seasonings. They are also good in smoked form. But at home, red peppers are so little popular that they are even used as a fertilizer. Collect the jalapeno pepper and treat it in protective gloves, as the burning juice irritates the skin.

There are quite a few varieties of this pepper. They differ not only in the place of their growth and appearance, but also in their degree of acuity and aroma. The most popular are three:

• Espinaltico: pods with sharp tips;
• Peludo: peppers are thick and fairly long;
• Morita: the pods are short and rounded.

Despite the fact that the jalapeno pepper is from the chilli genus, its pungency is average. So it is quite suitable for those who avoid pronounced sharpness.

Pepper Benefit

Like any other vegetable, jalapeno pepper is very rich in vitamins (A, C, K, B1, B5) and potassium with sodium. In a much smaller quantity, it includes magnesium, calcium, manganese and iron, in very low doses - zinc and selenium. It contains other important for the body compounds: havicin, capsorubin, carotenoids, linolenic and linoleic acids, sugar and essential oils. So, if you regularly eat jalapeno pepper, you can get the following bonuses:

• Strengthen the walls of blood vessels;
• Noticeably improve eyesight, skin and hair quality;
• Get rid of insomnia, depression and loss of strength;
• Stabilize the sugar rate in diabetes.

Even if pepper jalapeno is present in your diet is very rare, it still has a restorative effect on the body.

The Harm of Jalapeno

Restrictions on its use very little. Do not get carried away by pepper feeding mums and pregnant women, but this applies to any other spices. Carefully (at first) to jalapeño is to treat those who are prone to allergies. However, the reaction is usually not caused by the sharp product itself, but by the preservatives used in marinating. So, in a fresh form, a vegetable may not affect the health of an allergic person. And, of course, it is contraindicated to peptic ulcers and patients with gastritis: they do not have anything acute at all.

How to eat jalapeno

When the jalapeno pepper is processed, the seeds from it are usually removed at the collection stage, together with the partitions to which they are attached. These walls are responsible for the degree of bitterness; With their removal, the taste becomes much softer. There is a variation of the pods marinated together with the seeds. In this case, the jalapeno pepper differs not only in its sharpness, but also in an obvious sourness.

In Mexico, the most favorite dish with this vegetable is stuffed peppers - nachos. In the filling is cheese or minced meat. Very original and surprisingly tasty jelly and jalapeño jam. Unusual and pepper in chocolate - the contrast of witticism and sweetness is very piquant. And nonalcoholic sangrite, seasoned with it, acquires unexpected taste and perfectly quenches thirst.

Italy borrowed the jalapeno pepper for giving pizza to the raisins. In the States, they season with cheese crackers. In most of Europe, they prefer to "pick up" marinated peppers, which are cooked with cream cheese for a couple.

Marinuyu themselves

If you do not trust the store pickled jalapeno pepper , you can cook it with your pens. The question of whether to take out seeds, everyone decides for himself. With 15 pods cut cuttings. The peppers themselves are cut with rings. A quarter of a liter of water is poured into a small saucepan, two large spoons of salt can be poured in and four sugars. Two slices of garlic are put, a glass of vinegar is poured in, and the glassware is put on the fire. When the bulk solids dissolve, pearl rings are poured into the marinade. Literally in a minute the pan is removed from the fire, after a quarter of an hour of insisting the jalapeno is laid out in a jar and poured with marinade. When it cools down, the can is tightened tightly and placed in the refrigerator.

Mexican Recipe

We offer to cook a favorite in this country nachos. For him, hot pepper jalapenos - twenty pieces - is washed and dried. Along each pod, an incision is made, through which the seeds are carefully scraped. Instead of them a cheese stick is laid. It is made from 100 grams of flour for tempura and three spoons very cold, straight from the freezer, water. If you do not get such a flour, mix wheat and rice in equal quantities, and whisk with water first with egg, salt and soda. Stuffed peppers dipped in batter and fried until beautiful golden. Excess oil is expressed through a sieve or cleaned with a paper towel. That's all - you can start a Mexican meal.

Jalapeno in bacon

In this recipe, the opposite is true: the jalapeno pepper acts as a filling. Each washed up pod is half along and cleared of seeds with septa. Halves two-thirds filled with cream cheese (or cottage cheese, grated with herbs and a little salted), pour over grated hard cheese and wrapped in strips of bacon. So that they do not turn around, you can plant "rolls" on toothpicks. Pods in bacon are laid out on the baking sheet and put in a preheated oven for a third of an hour.