Our Hungarian Paprika starts with fully ripe, red Paprika
peppers that are quickly dried. They then have the stems and seeds removed
and the remaining pepper pods are finely ground. This creates a Hungarian
Paprika that is bright red, sweet, and flavorful.
Hungarian paprika is made from
a chile pepper that originated in South America and was brought to Hungry in
the late 1500s. It quickly became popular in Hungry and this mild sweet
peppers adopted the name of the country where it first gained popularity.
Actually, the name "paprika" means "Sweet Pepper" in Hungarian, so a
translation of this popular chile peppers name would be Hungarian sweet
pepper. Today paprika can be found in sweet, hot and smoked versions,
but the mild is certainly the most prominent.
In Spain paprika became so
admired as a seasoning that the Spanish started producing it themselves and
adding it into many of their traditional foods. The Spanish called the
paprika they produced
Pimento.
The pepper themselves are the size of a small bell pepper
with the top being wide and approximately round and the bottoms coming to a
sharp point. Their appearance varies slightly depending on the heat level
of the peppers.