Grown and prepared in Spain, these roasted and peeled piquillo peppers are perfect for stuffing, using in soup or sauce or slicing for salads or garnish. Many people confuse red peppers with piquillo peppers, but piquillo peppers are smaller, with thinner flesh and a fruitier flavor. The peppers, roasted over firewood, have a subtle smokiness and a sweet-tangy quality. They’re tender, but not so soft they’ll fall apart when cooked—they’re peeled without being rinsed in water, which helps retain their smokiness, flavor and texture. And the peppers have Protected Designation of Origin status as a traditional Spanish food. Grown in Navarre, piquillos are also known as the region’s “red gold.”
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Replace the roasted red peppers in our Spanish Tortilla with Roasted Red Peppers with piquillos. Puree for a soup or sauce, stuff them, slice them thinly and use as a garnish or an ingredient in salads and pasta. Or try them on toast with cream cheese and anchovies, or in other tapas or small plates.
Replace the roasted red peppers in our Spanish Tortilla with Roasted Red Peppers with piquillos. Puree for a soup or sauce, stuff them, slice them thinly and use as a garnish or an ingredient in salads and pasta. Or try them on toast with cream cheese and anchovies, or in other tapas or small plates.
Run by the fifth generation of the Tapias family, Espinaler has been sourcing and distributing premium, traditional Spanish products, canned fish and seafood since 1896.
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