Sausage Stuffed Long Hots

October bumper crop of Long Hots turns into May Spring Fling!

There is nothing better than a stuffed pepper of any kind, grin.

My inspiration for this recipe comes from a dear friend of mine. We are high-school buddies. He, his wife and I both graduated the same year. He’s a fabulous home cook. We both enjoy hot peppers; pickled, stuffed, sautéed with some kind of protein on the wood stove in the winter, you have it. Last fall, we were at a friends and family gathering and he was sharing with me how he travels to another town, picks up special sausage and stuffs hot cherry peppers - then freezes them for their winter guy’s weekend. I was intrigued.

Bumper Crop Long Hots

It just so happened to be that I had a bumper crop of Long Hots - from my husband’s barber. He gifted me several bushels. I was on a kick of canning them for sandwich peppers, which btw were delicious. I still had many leftover. I thought, why couldn’t I turn these into stuffed peppers and preserve them for our winter gatherings.

October 2023 Bumper Crop of Long Hots - picture by …