🇪🇸Fruits & Nuts
Pimientos de Padrón
Also known as: Pimiento de Padrón, Pemento de Herbón
Pimientos de Padrón carries no EU protected designation. It is a small, elongated, pale-green fresh pepper grown in the Padrón and Herbón area of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The variety is associated with the Galician saying "Os pementos de Padrón, uns pican e outros non" — some peppers are mild, others unexpectedly spicy — a characteristic noted in the catalogue tasting record.
Tasting notes
Galician green pepper DOP from Herbón (Padrón area), small elongated pale-green pepper. **Iconic russian-roulette feature** — most are mild, but ~10% are unpredictably spicy. The Galician saying: "Os pementos de Padrón, uns pican e outros non" ("Padrón peppers — some sting, others don't").
HoReCa use
Pimientos de Padrón are commonly fried in olive oil, salted with coarse salt, and served as a small dish; they are a widely recognised tapa across Spain.
Packaging
- crate-fresh-5kg
- retail-tray-200g
- retail-tray-500g
Seasonality