California Farm Summer Made Red Paprika Spice

Name: California Farm Summer Made Red Paprika Spice
Yield: 2 people, sweet, smoked and hot paprika
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 dozen large ripe California Wonder sweet red peppers

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

Our California Wonder sweet peppers are green and ripe, they will turn red if we leave them on the plants a few more weeks. We blister them to remove the thin outer fleece, slice them in half, deseed them and dry them in the sun till crispy, then grind them to red Paprika Powder. We smoke some powder on the grill to get Smoked Red Paprika Powder. By adding pulverized dried chili powder to the smoked version, you get Hot Smoked Red Paprika Powder, details below. Two dozen mild sweet red peppers make enough paprika powders for cooking all year.

Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

California, United States

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Ingredients

Week to dry, half hour prep

2 people, sweet, smoked and hot paprika

2 dozenlarge ripe California Wonder sweet red peppers

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Steps

Week to dry, half hour prep

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Wash, dry and blister outside whole peppers over open flame, peel off the blistered outer fleece. Four large peppers are enough to fill a spice jar when dried, a dried pepper weighs 15 grams.
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Destem, slice in half lengthwise, deseed and lay on cardboard in the sun, covered with fly screen, till dry, turn daily. When crisp, usually after 5 days, pulverize in grinder or food processor, save Sweet Red Paprika Powder in big glass jar.
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To make Smoked Red Paprika Powder, sprinkle regular sweet red paprika powder on half size baking sheet, make cold smoke from soaked oak wood over charcoal, put half sheet away from the fire in your grill, taste every half hour till perfect. Put in small labeled glass jar.
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To make Hot Smoked Red Paprika Powder, pulverize one teaspoon of chili powder, add three teaspoons of smoked paprika powder, pulverize together, done. Put in small labeled glass jar.
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Note: this recipe is for summer processing. In winter, we use a different method.

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Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman

on July 19, 2023 18:52

California, United States

I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.