Pimientos de Padron Pepper Plant - Hot/Sweet/Mild - 4 Plants
The most famous produce of Padrn are its peppers (Spanish pimientos de Padrn), which are small green peppers from the Capsicum annuum family. They are served fried with olive oil and coarse salt. Most taste sweet and mild, though some are particularly hot and spicy, which gives its character to the dish and is perfectly captured in the popular "Os pementos de Padrn, uns pican e outros non" (Galician for "Padrn peppers, some are hot and some are not"). The level of heat varies according to the capsaicin of each pepper. Although it's not always the case, the peppers grown towards August/September tend to contain more capsaicin than the ones of June/July.Harvest Padron peppers when they are 1-1 1/2" long. About 1 out of 20 fruits will be hot, and the rest mild. All the fruits become hot if allowed to grow 2-3" long. Padrons are served sauted in olive oil with a little sea salt, and eaten as tapas (appetizer) in Spain.