you could freeze-dry these. We freeze-dry lots of peppers and they turn out great. The freeze-dried peppers tend to absorb the humidity in the air here so unless you live in a very dry place airtight containers are a must. I keep my fresh spices in the freezer to maintain their freshness.
I have a dehyderater function on my Samsung oven , so can partially dehydrate it and finish smoke it slow with a variety of different woods ( apple for a light smoke , pecan fir a heavier , buttery taste , ect )
Is this variety of pepper (aji rico) a sweet pepper or a hot pepper? I recently found out that Hungarian paprika is made from a small, sweet pepper but don't know the variety's name. I'm also in search of what pepper is used for ''chili powder'' again not a hot chili. Do you know a variety for that?
Aji Rico is a mildly spicy pepper it's not very hot and makes a nice flavorful powder. Rare Seeds sells a Hungarian pepper used for paprika. This is for a hot paprika powder. Here is the link: www.rareseeds.com/pepper-hot-leutschauer-paprika or this one which would make a sweet paprika: www.rareseeds.com/pepper-sweet-txorixero Pepper Joe's has Hungarian Alma Paprika pepper seeds which are not hot: pepperjoe.com/products/alma-paprika?_pos=2&_sid=f50173eae&_ss=r Chile powder can be made with any number of dried peppers. Lots of chile powders can be blends of different dried chilies. You can make it as spicy or mild as you want. guajillo has great flavor, ancho is good, cayenne has good color and heat. We grow a mild cayenne just to make chile powder with. Add some paprika, cascabel chile, or even other spices. We grew Kashmiri peppers from India that work great for a mild but nice red chile powder. There are lots of recipe combinations online and you could make one up too to be just as hot or mild as you like!
I have a pellet smoker, but do you think it would work better with a cold smoke? I once saw a video of Alton Brown from Foodnetwork make a cold smoker with a portable electric stove (single unit) and two salvaged school lockers.
Cooler is generally better for peppers. We’ve been able to smoke things at a low enough temperature on our pellet smoker that we haven’t tied anything else.
Fabulous demonstration. I had no idea how paprika was made. Good job!
smoked paprika
Always wondered if they were smoked first or dried first! Thank you for showing the process.
That looks like it's delicious and it's most definitely healthy too!
Might as well smoke dehydrate on the grill. There just about there already!
Thanks for the video!
Switch to jalapeño peppers and you have chipotle! Yum.
That was really straight forward. Thank you.
Looks very tasty...
It is so good! I even send some to college with the kids because you can't buy flavor this good.
Thank younfor sharing.
your garden so smart
Wow
Great video guys!
Thanks!
Rachel be giving off waifu vibes
People can be crazy, might want to blur out those license plates. That's all they'd need to know where you live mate.
Thank you
Hi, Do we have any alternative way aside from sun dry? if we don't have a dehydrator? thank you! :)
You can get them most of the way dry on a smoker. Another alternative is to dry them in the oven on the lowest possible setting.
You can use ur oven at a low temperature to dehydrate it
Could you freeze dry as opposed to dehydrate these?
you could freeze-dry these. We freeze-dry lots of peppers and they turn out great. The freeze-dried peppers tend to absorb the humidity in the air here so unless you live in a very dry place airtight containers are a must. I keep my fresh spices in the freezer to maintain their freshness.
Which wood you used to smoke?
We used the mixed woods from Sam's Club. We would like to dry different types this year.
I have a dehyderater function on my Samsung oven , so can partially dehydrate it and finish smoke it slow with a variety of different woods ( apple for a light smoke , pecan fir a heavier , buttery taste , ect )
That would be a nice function to have on an oven! We haven't ventured into different woods yet for smoking, but may do that next year.
Is this variety of pepper (aji rico) a sweet pepper or a hot pepper? I recently found out that Hungarian paprika is made from a small, sweet pepper but don't know the variety's name.
I'm also in search of what pepper is used for ''chili powder'' again not a hot chili. Do you know a variety for that?
Aji Rico is a mildly spicy pepper it's not very hot and makes a nice flavorful powder. Rare Seeds sells a Hungarian pepper used for paprika. This is for a hot paprika powder. Here is the link: www.rareseeds.com/pepper-hot-leutschauer-paprika
or this one which would make a sweet paprika:
www.rareseeds.com/pepper-sweet-txorixero
Pepper Joe's has Hungarian Alma Paprika pepper seeds which are not hot:
pepperjoe.com/products/alma-paprika?_pos=2&_sid=f50173eae&_ss=r
Chile powder can be made with any number of dried peppers. Lots of chile powders can be blends of different dried chilies. You can make it as spicy or mild as you want. guajillo has great flavor, ancho is good, cayenne has good color and heat. We grow a mild cayenne just to make chile powder with. Add some paprika, cascabel chile, or even other spices. We grew Kashmiri peppers from India that work great for a mild but nice red chile powder. There are lots of recipe combinations online and you could make one up too to be just as hot or mild as you like!
I have a pellet smoker, but do you think it would work better with a cold smoke? I once saw a video of Alton Brown from Foodnetwork make a cold smoker with a portable electric stove (single unit) and two salvaged school lockers.
Cooler is generally better for peppers. We’ve been able to smoke things at a low enough temperature on our pellet smoker that we haven’t tied anything else.
I am so confused why it is so hard to find a smoked paprika powder in any groceries😕
I've noticed that! Fortunately, I have access to Amish grocery stores! They carry bulk spices! I'm gonna make some as soon as I get my peppers grown!