Jalapeño pepper

Jalapeño pepper or in Spanish jalapeño refers to a subspecies of hot chilli. Jalapeño pepper is named after the Mexican city of Jalapa, which is located in the state of Veracruz and is considered the main producer and harvester of jalapeño pepper. Jalapeño pepper is distinguished by its miniature size. The average weight of the plant fruit reaches 50 grams, and the length of jalapeño pepper rarely exceeds 9 centimeters. However, small jalapeño peppers, which do not exceed 5 centimeters, are considered the most valuable.

Usually jalapeño peppers ripen in 80 days from the end of the flowering period. Jalapeño peppers are harvested green and then harvested in a variety of ways. Jalapeño peppers are cultivated on an industrial scale in Mexico. Usually the plant of the Capsicum annuum variety or Vegetable pepper reaches no more than a meter in height. No more than 35 fruits are harvested from one plant in one growth cycle. It is noteworthy that when ripening, peppery jalapeño pods begin to turn red.

Green jalapeño peppers are used in Mexico to make national salsa sauces or marinate fresh pods. Red or overripe jalapeño peppers are considered not so good in taste, but the product is able to maintain its taste and consumer properties for a longer time. Therefore, red jalapeño peppers are dried and ground into seasoning or buried in the ground as fertilizer. Green jalapeño pepper is distinguished by a degree of its taste. This concept defines an indicator of the burning or sharpness of pepper.

The pungency of jalapeño peppers can vary. It all depends on where the jalapeño pepper grew, how it was grown and cooked. Foodies say that the taste of jalapeño pepper can start warm and end with a hot temperature of sensation. There is not a single variety of jalapeño pepper, which is distinguished by its growing region, appearance and burning temperature in taste. Perhaps the following types of jalapeño peppers can be distinguished: peludo or pepper, which is distinguished by long pods espinalteco or spiky pepper morita is best known in our latitudes for short and oblong jalapeño peppers.

Jalapeño peppers are eaten fresh as part of salads, and are also used as a component ingredient in meat, fish and vegetable dishes. Jalapeño peppers are often included in spicy sauces served with Mexican and Asian dishes. True connoisseurs and foodies appreciated the stuffed jalapeño peppers, this dish is considered a delicacy.

In addition, jalapeño peppers are baked or grilled. In Mexico, it is customary to make chipotle or chipotle vegetable stew from jalapeño peppers, to which smoked peppers are added. In the European culinary tradition, pickled jalapeño peppers are more often used. For example, in Italian pizzas. In our latitudes, you can buy seasoning or frozen jalapeño peppers.