Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers 🇺🇸

Looking forward to making these to wash down with a few beers tonight to see in the new year 🍻🌶️🔥❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉🎈🎊  

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**1/2 cup cream cheese  

**1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese  

**12 jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise, seeds and membranes removed  

**12 slices bacon  Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). 

Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.  

Mix cream cheese and Cheddar cheese together in a bowl until evenly blended. 

Fill each jalapeno half with the cheese mixture.   Put halves back together and wrap each stuffed pepper with a slice of bacon.   

Arrange bacon-wrapped peppers on the prepared baking sheet.  

Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is crispy, about 15 minutes.  #enjoy #hotones #hotsauce #chillisauce #chilli #chili #piripiri #jalapeno #habanero #bhutjolokia #trinidadscorpion #scotchbonnet #fermentation #bradleone #ghostpepper #flaminjoeschillico #wales #cymru

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Chilli Facts #3

Peppers are believed to be one of the first plants to have been domesticated, and chili pepper seeds from over 6000 years ago have been found in Peru and Mexico. Residue of the peppers has also been found on various ancient cooking tools. 

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Chilli Facts #2

Despite the huge range of species, only five are domesticated: C. annuum, C. baccatum, C. chinense, C. frutescens, and C. pubescens. Capsicum annuum is the most common of the group; it includes a plethora of cultivars both mild and hot, including bell peppers and jalapeños. The majority of peppers that you can think of all come from this one species. 

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Chilli Facts #1

Peppers, or members of the genus capsicum, come in all shapes, sizes, colors—and spiciness. Learn more about the varied and interesting fruit native to Central and South America.

Chili pepper is a very broad term. The plant is capable of mutating very quickly, and as a result, there are a ton of varieties—there are over 140 different kinds growing in Mexico alone. The environment also impacts what the pepper will look and taste like: soil, temperature, and weather all need to be taken into account. 

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Chilli pepper

• Chilli peppers originated in the Americas and Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to encounter them when he was in the Caribbean. He called them peppers because of their spicy hot taste.
• The spicy heat of chilli peppers is measured in Scoville heat units (SHU), indicating the amount of capsaicin present in the fruit. Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates nerve endings in the skin, especially in the mouth and eyes. Our hottest chilli at Eden – the Dorset Naga – measures 1.6 million units!
• Like tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco, chillies are members of the nightshade family and come in some weird and wonderful shapes.  

There are three groups of chilli:

• Habanero-type chillies: Habaneros can range in heat from very mild to mega-hot. They have a wonderful fruity aroma that adds a distinctive flavour to salsas and chilli sauces.
• Vegetable-type chillies: These are relatively large-fruited with thick flesh and tend to be milder than the other types. They play the same culinary role as sweet peppers and the great stuffed or chopped in salads, stews, stir-fries and omelettes.
• Spice-type chillies: These are generally small-fruited and thin fleshed and hotter than vegetable type chillies. They are used to add heat dishes rather than bulk and are ideal for drying and milling into powdered spice. Many varieties make great edible ornamentals.

Where it grows

Native to tropical America, chillies are widely cultivated and thrive in moist soils and sunlight.

Common uses

When chillies were introduced into Europe they were grown as botanical curiosities in the gardens of Spanish and Portuguese monasteries. The monks experimented with them in the kitchen and found they could use them as a substitute for black peppercorns which at the time were so expensive they were used as legal currency!