Your page We admit it gladly – we have a little reverence for chili. A few seeds for much in the pot, and presto strainers sweat to the beat of heart bank.
At chili we buy in the store comes with a warning that it is very hot , make cooking all the more exciting .
And there are few things that turn a cup of cocoa with a little pinch of chili, or chili con carne receiving blood and endorphins to fizz.
Now does not consist of all chili powder strong, for there are loads of different types that vary in strength.
But it comes to knowing what you do.
– Take chili in a teabag
Chili can be used in a variety of dishes, desserts and beverages. But when you’re standing there with your fiery little red and green peppers on the chopping board, it is easy to become uncertain.
What do we do to prevent the tongue burning? According to Danish Klaus Pilgaard, who is better known as Chili Klaus, it is a little trick you can resort to.
– Chili’s about to dose properly. Many chili is incredibly aromatic and gives lots of flavor to food. A great way to dose is to take chili Oppi a teabag into the pot, said Pilgaard to DinSide.
In this way the chili flavor to the court, while having control how strong the food gets. You can try your hand forward and touch around a bit, and when the food is suitably strong, take the bag out again.
Use either an empty tea bag you can buy in various tea shops, or empty a teabag you already have in your closet.
See also our Guide to pepper
Know how strong it is
There are over 200 various chili fruits in the world, but for most of us it goes happily most in green and red chili, and Jalapenos, Serrano and Habanero.
How strong chili is, varies widely, and with how much of the substance capsaicin it contains. Chili is also measured by the Scoville scale, which is a device for determining the flavor strength of peppers.
Naga Jolokia is considered one of the world’s strongest chilli, and goes by the nickname ghost pepper, since the fiery experience comes creeping.
So it is perhaps good to know that chili also will protect you, for example against accidents.
In the vegetable department at the convenience store should be a lot for this emerging, but even here there is much vial to obtain.
But you can not look at chili how strong it is, either by color, shape or size. Is it packaged, is the part often marked with a strength scale.
– Read the instructions, and if it’s not there, so taste the fruit. Swift to determine whether it is strong or not. The strongest chillies comes from family Chinense said Pilgaard.
And remember that the smaller the chili, the stronger it is. But remove the seeds and the white seeds stuck on before using it in food disappears lot of heat.
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With a fistful of chili you can amp up the most. It can be used either dried or fresh.
– I tend to divide it into thick skin and low-skin. Those with thick shells are good to pickle while those with thin skins are good to dry, said Pilgaard.
In the kitchen to restaurants Sheds 33 and Baltazar in Oslo, chef Dag Tjersland particularly excited to use it in maritime dishes.
– I love using chili in cooking, and it is for me a mischievous spices. I often dried and crushed chili to shellfish, such as Pasta Vongole or Pasta Scoglio, says he DinSide.
And with oil and lime, is the lovely having to scampi and other seafood.
But being good at using chili is an art, according to the chef.
– Chili takes many years to master well in cooking, as it is extremely important to build up the balance around Chili strength and flavor.
Chili is also, albeit in small amounts, when we make the world’s best tomato sauce.
One thing you have to remember
Have you heard that it is advisable to wear gloves when cutting up chili? Well, it’s actually a really good advice.
Do not wear gloves, it is wise to wash your hands thoroughly with soap after chili cutting. And by all means – do not rub, for chances are high that you have the strong substance capsaicin to the skin.
Also, be sure to remove all the seeds in chillies before throwing her in the pot for these can kick on from here.
And it burns in the mouth, a piece of bread alleviate more than water.
The case was originally published at DinSide Read here.