Reciprocal recurrent selection at early stages is the best approach for breeding for a high dry pepper yield with high capsaicinoids.
Pimentón is Spanish for paprika, the vibrant, rust-red spice made from dried peppers.
For dried peppers she relies on her father in Bangkok, who sends a 10-pound bag monthly.
After we tasted the broth, with its contrasting hot red and sweet green dried peppers, and the whisper of garlic and the crunch of grilled country bread, it was clear: I had found my ideal brodetto.
It stocks wonderful ingredients, such as Turkish pistachios; kymak, a buffalo milk clotted cream that's lovely served with hot halva or baked in pastries; dried peppers and aubergines for stuffing; and great offal.
Inside it's a dazzling Mexican market, where mole, the elixir paste of ground chocolate and spices, comes in industrial tubs; produce stands sell fresh cactus leaves, herbs and dried peppers; and narrow walkways are lined with soccer jerseys, Western shirts and cowboy hats.
My family typically has been especially grateful for the appetizers ― fresh ricotta cheese, mozzarella made the day before by an old Italian man who learned from his mother, prosciutto and bread and dried peppers soaked in oil and hot pepper flakes.
Both are highly seasoned, the chorizo with bright red chili powder, the enchilada with a darker, deeper dried pepper.
With an awareness of the profusion of powerfully flavored dishes to come, it makes sense to start with something light and soothing, like cured arctic char served with, among other things, urfa biber, a smoky dried pepper.
