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Mild

Espelette pepper

Espelette pepper is the protected Basque French Gorria pepper grown around Espelette and prized for sweet, fruity flavor with mild heat. It is a defining seasoning in Basque cooking and is commonly sold dried, powdered, or strung to cure.

Scoville 4,000 SHU
Origin

France

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Flavor

Tasting notes

Sweet, fruity, and berry-like with a mild heat

Colors

Common ripening colors

redblack
Also called

Aliases

Piment d'Espelette