‘Palivec’ Medium-hot Chilli

This is a new addition from the Czech Republic which has received rave reviews from lots of people, including our friend Ian who runs an organic box scheme and liked them so much he grew a long row of them for his customers.  

We also really like this long ‘goats horn’ style chilli, which starts out pale green and ripens to a dark red. It is unusually productive, making loads of peppers (even in the useless summer of 2012!) with a good flavour. Plants are about 2ft tall and a foot wide.

Because it isn’t stupidly hot, you can actually cook with it without worrying that you will overdo things, and as the heat is mostly concentrated in the seeds, and you can easily adjust its bite by leaving some of them out (or putting them all in if you prefer!)