No, not the recipe management app, this is about actual paprika.
Ground up a batch of paprika today. I guess we'll call it Cen-Tex Paprika since the peppers were grown in my back yard. These were all of the Anaheim variety, allowed to ripen to a nice red color then dried in a dehydrator. Trim the stems, knock out the seeds, and give 'em a ride in the grinder for a few seconds and viola'.....fresh paprika. These ended up with a nice fruity note and just a hint of heat and a faint smokey flavor though I didn't smoke them. Anyway, a fun project.
Very nice! I kinda want to try this myself.....I find most store-bought paprika to be just flat and sometimes the 'smoked' paprika is....smokey, but it often has an artificial quality to it.
Not difficult, just patience for the peppers to ripen on the vine, then a bit of time for drying. I suspect that the efficacy of the flavor "evaporates" with time on the store shelves.
I've thought about this a time or two - just store-bought paprika is pretty bland and has little flavor, and really does NOTHING for recipes except add some color, seemingly.
I wonder... no way to do it these days, it's too late in the year - but I wouldn't mind doing my own next summer.
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I started this same process months ago and that stuff makes me feel alive! You go through more trouble than I do Uncle Bob because I don't bother removing the seeds. I will probably never buy paprika at the store again.
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