Whole Dried Calabrian Chilli Peppers

Weight: 50g

If there is one thing that makes Calabrian food Calabrian, it is spicy red peppers, and these whole dried chilli peppers are super hot! While many varieties of hot pepper are grown in the region, most are referred to as Calabrian peperoncino, and used in regional dishes. Like all capsicum plants, Calabrian peppers require hot weather to flourish and develop the oils that give them their spiciness. 

In Calabria chillies are sprinkled abundantly on just about everything including pasta dishes and sauces, pizzas, lentils, beans, fish, and risottos.

Ingredients

Whole dried spicy chilli peppers.

Our Producer

Casarecci di Calabria

Our new supplier in Calabria, Southern Italy is ‘Casarecci di Calabria’. We love both the taste of their superior quality products and their great packaging.

This family firm, established in 1998 is located in the Sila Mountains. Like many of our producers Casarecci di Calabria use old fashioned recipes to create old fashioned products, once the staples of any Southern Italian family and now sought after delicacies. Their entire range is produced without adding any preservatives or colours.