Did you know paprika is basically just dried and ground up sweet peppers? Different cultures have different methods, but most of the time it’s a capsicum annuum variety of pepper. You might know those by their more common names like bell pepper, Hungarian sweet peppers, etc.
Last year, we grew a ton of peppers and threaded through the “caps” with some twine and a needle, then hung them in our garden shed for a few months. The key here is drying in low humidity, otherwise you get rot like we did with a few of ours.
Then, when dry you take them down, cut the tops off, and chop into small pieces. Use a spice grinder instead of a food processor, it’ll help get to a fine powder.
Strain with a fine mesh strainer and you have bright, vibrant, spicy & sweet paprika that you grew yourself!
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AMAZING ❤️❤️❤️ in my language (Czech), we call a pepper "paprika" 😁😁
Very epic
Nice. Which kind of pepper did you use? Kápia or Kecskeméti?
The Latin grandmother probably learned that from native Mexicans. The connection 👌
Cool! It will feel so good when you use it. You can say, "I grew that!". At least, that's what I say 😂😅.
I love this! I’m in Texas, and I grow lots of peppers. I do this with my Hungarian peppers, but also my Shishito peppers, because the Shishitos are so prolific that I end up with a huge bumper crop.
And the shishitos dry really quickly in a Texas summer!
You have to slit the pepper so air can get on the inside.
Homegrown paprika is one of the ultimate spices it boosts the flavor of everything. Mix different peppers for a more complex flavor
Could it be smoked first?
Awesome
smoke them.
This is what I’m doing this year! I’m so happy to see this video
I sold my very first plants today and I’d like to give a quick thank you for all the information you’ve consolidated into such an EPIC space ❤
Does it clump and do you have problems with it stinking together after a while? I know store bought spices always include an anti-caking agent. I made onion powder once and it was great until it clumped. 😜