One of our local supermarkets has an olive bar that has Peppadew
sweet peppers from South Africa as one of its available condiments. They’re
roundish orange-red sweet piquanté peppers that come from Limpopo province.
They’re great as a condiment with any meal, but one day,
I saw a picture of a sweet-pepper/cucumber relish on a food website. So when I
saw Japanese cucumbers from the Big Island’s Ho Farms in the produce section, I
grabbed a couple, along with some red onions.
Immediately, I skipped on over to the olive bar and
scooped up about a cup of the Peppadews, along with a nice amount of the juice
that had accumulated.
When I got home, I diced up the Peppadews, cucumbers and
red onions, slipped them into a jar, and saturated the mixture with the Peppadew
syrup.
After a couple of days of occasional shaking and turning,
I spooned out some of the relish and munched on it like a salad. It was soooo
good!
You should try doing this. It is so easy, so delicious,
and so refreshing. I recommend it.
Ingredients
- PEPPADEW SWEET PEPPERS, ¼ cup, with as much juice as you can swipe
- ENGLISH OR JAPANESE CUCUMBER, 2 medium
- RED ONION, ½ medium
Directions
- Chop the ingredients into ½-inch or ¾-inch pieces.
- Mix with the juices.
- Store in refrigerator in a jar, shaking often.
