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Pimentón: The Smoked Chile Powder from La Vera, Spain

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by Dave DeWitt Recipe Index Spanish Chorizo with Pimentón Pimentón Garlic Soup Grilled Tuna Steaks with Salsa Pimentón Everyone knows that Columbus carried chile peppers to Spain from the New World on his second voyage in 1493, but who first used the pods for flavoring food? José Guerra, writing in “Foods from Spain News,” speculates that monks at the Monastery …

Paprika: Hungary’s Red Gold

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By Sharon Hudgins   Recipes: Paprika Fish Soup Paprika Pork Chops Paprika Potatoes Csírkepaprikás (Paprika Chicken) Green Beans with Paprika Paprika Mushrooms You can smell the stuff when you pull into town. The plants are ripe for picking, and a pungent aroma from the processing factories fills the air. It’s such an important cash crop that the locals even call …