Paprika from La Vera Las Hermanas 70g

Product: Paprika from La Vera, with Designation of Origin. The peppers grown are of the species “Capsicum annum” and the subspecies Cerasiforme and Longum that give rise to three types of Paprika: Sweet, Bittersweet and Spicy. The variety most used in daily cooking is sweet paprika, which gives dishes a mild aroma and whose presence goes more unnoticed than other spices and condiments.

Production process: Pimentón de la Vera is obtained by grinding ripe and dried peppers. These Peppers are dried with holm oak and oak firewood, providing the heat necessary for the perfect dehydration of the fruits, which gives the Pimentón de la Vera its three main characteristics: the aroma and the flavor obtained thanks to the traditional drying system. to the smoke and the stability of the color as a result of the high degree of carotene fixation that occurs in the pepper throughout its cultivation in the microclimate of La Vera and in the drying process.