Citrus Padron Peppers

Hey guys!

Adding to my tapas menu I wanted to try out a dish that I could show off the Plant Pioneers Chorizo Shroomdogs, which I thought were super intriguing! I know it’s like a smoked sausage, so I wasn’t sure about the original flavour of chorizo but this one was super great. I used fried patron peppers with red peppercorns and it was just a simple side dish that is so yummy.

Ingredients

• Soy Butter

• Chorizo Alternatives

• Patron Peppers

• Pink Peppercorns

• Lemons

So this one is super easy, you want to start by frying off the chorizo for about 4 minutes, they just need to be firm as you want them to cut without falling apart. The new vegan alternatives to sausages are quite a bit different to cook than the old school sausages, which were like shaped like a sausage but didn’t have the skin element. These do, and sometimes they burn super quick, they fall apart when you cut them before they’re cooked, so it was a challenge to get right. The best way if you just want to eat them is to fry them and then bake them, because you cook the outside which resembles more real sausages (for converting the meat eaters), and then the texture is great.

So the patron peppers just need to be washed off, and they’re kinda made to be eaten like edamame so you keep the stalks on. They’re yum, and if you want to parboil them quickly for 3 minutes it might help them cook, but I just deep fried them. It took about ten minutes and they started to break down into the most delicious texture. I added the chorizo, a few peppercorns and the juice from two lemons in the last minute, then drained the fat. Serve with hot sauce or eat as they are!

So yummy!

Let me know how you get on with them.