The market · Chillies and peppers · Southern Europe

Piquillo peppers

A small, pointed red pepper from Navarre, roasted over fire, peeled and sold in jars — sweet, smoky and barely hot.

sweet · smoky · fruity
Piquillo peppersat its peak

If you can't find it

Spanish delis, in jars.

  1. 1Red pepper
    Roasted and peeled, with a pinch of chilli
    You lose the sweet, smoky edge.

Goes with

salt codolive oilgarlictuna

Knowing it

Where to buy
Spanish delis. 'Pimiento del Piquillo de Lodosa' is the protected name.
Worth knowing
Stuffed with salt cod or tuna, they're a classic of the Basque and Navarrese bar.

Kitchens that keep it in

Euskadi — northern Spain and south-western FranceBasqueA coastal and mountain cooking built on salt cod, peppers and olive oil — and on sauces made from nothing but the fish and the pan.9 classics · 1 cooked here

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