[CH] possum 96 chillies 3
Tara Deen (tara@es.usyd.edu.au)
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:06:19 +1000
CHers:
I have actually harvested chillies from my garden!!! Despite the possums
and my husband's tender neglect while I was away, I have just reaped a
whole _three_ Indian chillies. The habs, jalapenos and the thai hots are
still not bearing up under the onslaught, but at least they don't appear
to like the Indians! I've even been picking the odd Roma tomato that is
so cleverly hidden they've missed it. The weird thing is, they never
ever touch the cherry tomatoes...?
What I did with my largesse:
Oven Roasted Tomato Fettucini
500 g fettucini
8 (home grown) roma tomatoes
3 (home grown) indian chillies
3 orange habanero chillies
handful fresh oregano
3 cloves minced garlic
black olives
capers
olive oil
salt/pepper
Cut tomatoes into quarters and place on oven tray with a drizzle of
olive oil and grindings of rock salt and pepper. Bake slowly at 300F for
1 to 2 hours, or until patience runs out. Finely chop oregano and
chillies (removing the placenta is for wimps). When tomatoes are done,
cool while bringing a large pot of salted water to the boil. Chop
tomatoes into bite size pieces. Drain and rinse the olives and capers.
Add pasta to water. Heat some oil in a pan, add garlic until it just
changes colour, then toss in tomatoes and the juice they've formed on
standing. Simmer down until pasta is almost done. Toss in olives, capers
and chopped oregano and chillies, let flavours blend while draining
pasta. Taste sauce and adjust seasonings to taste, then toss pasta in
sauce and serve.
Makes a good lunch, reheated the next day!
Yours in chilli-dom
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Tara Deen
School of Earth Sciences
Division of Geology and Geophysics
Building FO5
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Phone: 61-2-9351 4271
Fax: 61-2-9351 0184
email: tara@es.usyd.edu.au
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