What do the plants look like? For the curious, as I hinted above when I wrote this post in ’19, I grew lots of Biquinho peppers plants during the 2020 growing season. I use 1-cup Ball jars (which hold quite a bit, as you can see from the photos), which leaves more peppers sealed in other 1-cup jars, and hopefully lasting longer, instead of storing a whole batch in a quart jar, which gets opened immediately and exposed to environmental contaminants. That doesn’t mean they’re shelf-stable, but, it should lengthen its lifespan in the fridge, unopened. Quick preservation tip: Even though this recipe is for refrigeration, the heat from the brine will likely cause canning jars to self-seal. Heat the brine and pour them over the seasonings and peppers. Sometimes, I just eat them straight out of the jar, lol.Īnd like most refrigerator pickles, there’s no rigamorale of water-bath canning.
They’re crunchy, sweet, with just the tiniest bit of heat, and small enough to toss in your mouth like popcorn. If you love pickled things, I dare say you’ll thoroughly enjoy these little nuggets.
#Fresh sweety drop peppers how to
Learn how to grow biquinho peppers on my gardening blog, At last - I had a name! Except for Cassandra Farms, I’ve been unsuccessful at finding a retail source for the fresh peppers, but you can buy a jar of them already lightly pickled from Amazon.Īnd now I grow these delightful peppers every year - I bought the seeds for both the red and yellow varieties from Johnny’s seeds. (Who knew there were so many small peppers in the world!)įinally, the food gods showed mercy on me, and I stumbled on a jar at Whole Foods one day. They were unnamed in the display, and I spent almost two years being completely obsessed with finding them, trying to figure out the right thing to search for on Google, with no success. I first learned about these Sweety Drop Peppers at an olive bar in a local (but sadly now defunct) grocery store.
A native Brazilian cultivar, they’re also known as Biquinho peppers or “little beak” peppers. These unique specimens are tear-drop-shaped peppers with a pointy end, and taste like extra flavorful sweet bell peppers. You might even run into me there, because I have to stock up this weekend. Look for Cassandra Farms, and tell him the blonde, Biquinho (bee-keen-yo) pepper lady sent you.
Perfect in salads, on sub sandwiches, on pizzas or charcuterie boards, Pickled Sweety Drop Peppers are easy-to-make refrigerator pickles that will last all winter long.įirst off, special PSA: people of Cincinnati, if it’s still September ’19 when you’re reading this, set aside some time on a Saturday morning so that you can pop out to the Anderson Farmers’ Market to pick up these completely unique peppers. These unusual, thumbnail-sized Brazilian Biquinho sweet peppers are absolutely delightful when pickled.
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