This is my first attempt to recreate Paolo's chili oil from memory. Because he's a little secret of how he does it will probably require a few attempts.
The reason for making the oil is easier to spread the chili flavor, and that no one should get a big piece of chili in one bite.
The basis of the oil is dried chili, which chili it will be should depend on which you think is good. A day before you need the oil take the amount of dried chili you needed and add the oil to let it absorb the flavour.
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Chili and oil. |
The habanero seeds I sowed earlier this summer are doing pretty good and all four plants are bearing fruit, but they are not quite ripe yet.
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Almost ripe habanero. |
In the absence of ripe habanero, I took some other milder chilies. I had not so many of them either, but it had to make due.
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Other chili |
I chopped the chili rough because that will dry it faster. The seeds were dried separately.
I put the oven on 50 degrees Celsius.
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Chopped chili without seeds. |
After a business day and a bit more in the oven, about 10 hours, the chili was dry, even if it looks the same as the last picture.
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Dried chili. |
How large you want the pieces of chili to be is a matter of taste. This time I grinded them to a powder.
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About to be crushed chili. |
This powder can be saved for some time. It can also be the base of a lot of other things.
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Chili powder. |
But since I did not get that much chili powder this time I used it all at once.
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Chili oil. |
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