Banana Peppers © Denzil Green Banana Peppers look a lot like yellow wax peppers, which are quite hotter. Banana peppers are sweeter. They are from 4 to 6 inches long, though some hybrid varieties will grow 8 to 10 inches. The colour changes from yellow to orange to red as they mature. They have a…
Sweet Peppers
Bell Peppers
Bell Peppers are large sweet peppers that are usually somewhat square shaped with four ribs (sometimes called “lobes”.) They are bloated and hollow, with flat yellow seeds inside. They are the most commonly grown type of pepper in North America and in the UK. The Netherlands, Mexico, Dominican Republic and California are currently (2004) the…
Braised Sweet Peppers Recipe
This is a really flexible dish. You can serve it hot as a side dish, or refrigerate it and serve it cold as part of an antipasto assortment, or as a side-condiment to roasted meats.
Bull’s Horn Sweet Pepper
A Bull’s Horn Sweet Pepper is a narrow pepper slightly curved towards its end so that it tapers to a very fine point like a horn. The pepper can be 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) long, and 2 inches (5 cm) wide at its widest point, with thick walls. The peppers are…
Cubanelle Sweet Pepper
Cubanelle Sweet Peppers are very similar to banana peppers. Often yellow Cubanelle Peppers are called mistakenly banana peppers, though Cubanelles are generally stubbier than banana peppers and have thinner walls. Cubanelles can be 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) long, tapering towards the end, and up to 2 1/2 inches (6 cm) wide…
Espelette Chile Peppers
Espelette Chile Peppers © Paula Trites Espelette Chile Peppers are grown in and around the village of Espelette, in the Nive Valley, in the Basque region of France, 4 miles (7 km) from the Spanish border. By law, to be called Espelette Chile Peppers, they can be only grown in 10 communities: Espelette, Ainhoa, Cambo…
Marash Peppers
Marash Peppers are mild, dark red peppers from Turkey and northern Syria. In Turkey, they are grown mainly in the Pazarcýk and Türkoðlu districts of Kahramanmaraş. Several cultivars are grown. They are processed for use as a condiment into flakes, or a powder that looks like paprika. The powder and flakes have a slightly roasted,…
Pepper Omelette Recipe
This take on an omelette, from the Basque region of Spain, is sexy enough for dinner.
Pepperoncini
These are the peppers that Italians have bred over the past few centuries to be sweet with just a bit of zing, perfect to go with Italian cooking. They grow about 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, and have wrinkled skin. They are either picked and used green, or let ripen to a slightly hotter red….
Pimiento Peppers
Pimiento are large, orangey-red, heart-shaped sweet peppers. They grow 3 to 3 1/2 inches (7 1/2 to 9 cm) tall and 4 1/2 inches to 6 inches (11 1/2 to 15 cm) wide. They have thick flesh walls and a very mild taste. They are sweeter and have more aroma than bell peppers. They are…
Piquillo Peppers
Piquillo Peppers are jarred red peppers from Spain. They are very mild and sweet, and have charred remnants of skin on them. They are grown around Lodosa in the Ebro River (“Ribera del Ebro”) Valley in Navarre, northern Spain. The eight villages in the production area are Andosilla, Ázagra, Cárcar, Lerín, Lodosa, Mendavia, San Adrián…
Ramiro Peppers
Ramiro Peppers are sweet, with thick flesh walls. The peppers grow on tall plants. The peppers can be up to 8 inches (20 cm) long, and ripen slowly from green to yellow to red. History Notes Developed in the Netherlands. Language Notes The name “Ramiro Peppers” was picked by marketers.
Shepherd Peppers
Shepherd Peppers © Denzil Green Shepherd Peppers are huge, big sweet red peppers — very much like standard sweet red bell peppers in taste, thickness and colour, but somewhat juicier, and because of their size very easy to work with. Where you might plan two stuffed peppers for a guy with a healthy appetite, one…
Sweet Peppers
Sweet Peppers is a term used to describe peppers that are not “hot” or “spicy.” Instead, their tastes range from mild to sweet. The best-known of these are the Bell Peppers. Other types of Sweet Peppers include Pimientos, Banana Peppers, Cubanelles, Romano and Bull’s Horns. Sources Clay, Xanthe. Savoury dishes with sweet peppers. London: Daily…
Sweet Pimento Butter
Sweet Pimento Butter is butter blended with sweet peppers (red or green) that have been completely softened through gentle simmering in butter. It’s then pressed through a sieve. It’s used as a garnish for cold hors d’oeuvres and as a flavouring for some sauces. Cooking Tips Proportions: 150 g (5 oz) sweet peppers to 200…
Urfa Peppers
Urfa Peppers are basically a type of bell pepper. They are dark red. They are not hot, and are slightly sweet. They have more heat than paprika, less than cayenne. They are harvested, then soaked in olive oil, then processed for a week by drying them in the sun during the day, and each night,…