Green,red,yellow bell peppers,capsicum,peppers

August 04 is Italian National Pepper Day

We’re talking about peppers, bell peppers, capsicum, paprika, peperoni. in Italian It depends on the language.

Where do peppers come from?

The pepper plant is native to the American continent and arrived in Europe, together with the tomato, in the 16th century, imported by Spanish and Portuguese expeditions to the lands of the new world.

Peppers are fruits

In reality, peppers are fruits, because they are produced by the flowering plant and contain seeds.

Color of peppers

Another curious thing that not everyone knows is that yellow and red peppers are simply green peppers that have been left on the plant to continue ripening, for this reason red peppers are the sweetest and contain double the vitamin C of those greens!

Above all, they are delicious and can be proposed in a thousand ways.

Peppers are healthy

Not only peppers are  very tasty but very rich in vitamins and mineral salts, a true natural tonic. Some complain of some difficulty in digesting them but fortunately most of the time it is enough to remove the peel to be able to consume them without too many complications.

Called peperone, from North to South in Italy pepper is grown in many delicious varieties, entering many local cuisines as a very important and fundamental ingredient.

Among the most colorful summer vegetables, peppers boast few calories and lots of flavour: rich in vitamins and mineral salts, among which potassium and vitamin C stand out, peppers are also an excellent source of beta-carotene and other carotenoids.

In season from June to the end of August, those with a firmer consistency and shiny skin, without apparent defects and blemishes, are preferable.

How to serve peppers

Peppers pair well with meat, but also with tuna and eggs: they can be baked, sautéed, stuffed or raw, and are often the main ingredient of typical traditional dishes, such as caponata or peperonata.

Special Palermo pepper
Special Palermo Pepper

Let’s see together 5 recipes for consuming them

Mini Sweet Italian Peppers sauce,recipe here

Cod with lemon in Belle Pepper sauce,recipe here

Preserve of Peppers and Honey,recipe here

Palermo Peperoni Pasta Sauce,recipe here

Stuffed Bell Peppers, recipe here

And many other recipes …how do you cook peppers and how do you call them in your country ?