Scotch bonnet chillies are hot - even in the depths of winter.
These are chilly chillies. That’s because, believe it or not, I harvested them this week.
They’ve been slowly ripening on the plants in my cold frame, and given I fancied making some more apple and chilli jelly this week, it seemed a good time to pick most of them.
The fabulously-shaped red and green ones are, of course, not chilly at all. They’re very hot indeed. They’re Scotch bonnet chillies, which are some of the strongest ones out there. You don’t need much of one of these fruits to feel your cooking heating up very quickly indeed.
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These scotch bonnet chillies look devilishly hot but your apple and chilli jelly sounds delicious!