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Last year a friend gave me some Piri Piri Chili seeds from Portugal. They're hot chili peppers from Capsicum Frutescens species (like the famous Tabasco). The plant produces small pods 3 cm (1.2 in) long, that ripe from green to red.

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I growed them and with the harvest I prepared an hot sauce, really quick, to serve with meat or bruschetta.



Hot Sauce with Fennel Seeds

Ingredients
80g fresh red chilies
10 plum tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
1 tsp wild fennel seeds

Directions
Blend together chilies and tomatoes.
Garnish with fennel seeds.

Piri Piri (Capsicum Frutescens)

Heat: Very Hot
Taste/flavour: Not remarkable
Wall thickness: Thin
Plant productivity: Medium
Number of seeds per pod: Enough
Pod lenght: 3 - 4 cm
Plant height: 50 cm
Colour: From green to red.

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Why grow it?:
To have many hot chilies, easy to dry and store.

Chili Pepper Files
Piri Piri Photo Gallery

Hot sauces: ideas and recipes to use your chili harvests.

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This is my entry for Think Spice, an event started by Sunita from Sunita's World.
This month edition is hosted by Kitchen Chronicles who choose Red Chilies as the spice of the month.

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