Pimenton De La Vera (Sweet Smoked Paprika) - Spain

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Pimentón de la Vera is a paprika made from luscious red peppers (pimientos) grown in the La Vera microclimate of Spain's Extremadura region. When harvest begins in the fall, entire families get involved. The mature peppers are placed in drying houses, where they are smoke-dried over oak fires - the mark of genuine Pimenton de la Vera. The dried peppers are then stone ground into a powder. La Dalia Pimentón de la Vera is D.O. protected - Pimento de la Vera was the first pepper to receive such des