Special Order section activated for Aji Dulce....see below.
Ají Dulce
Also known as Rocotillo, Cachucha, and a few more names...
For those of you who have enjoyed the Puertorican dishes whether it would be an Asopao, Arroz con Pollo, Arroz con....anything, sopas (soups), fricase, in short....just about any culinary experience you have had with Puertorican food, the recipes almost always call for :
1-Ají dulce (sweet cooking pepper)
2- Culantro (Recao)
3- Cebolla (Onion)
4- Ajo (Garlic)
There are several types and they have a different degrees of flavor! Ají Dulce seeds are very hard to find outside Puerto Rico (and they are getting harder to get within the Island). I now have several producing plants and of course, they give me the seeds. Plant your own and enjoy the fresh taste in your culinary adventures with your own SOFRITO!
Here are some inputs from our customers:
Creativity at it's Best !(my comments)
See the "incubation station" picture below....
2/16/2006
Greetings Jose,
The Culantro and Aji Dulce seeds have become a group project here
at work. We fabricated an "incubation station" using an
old bakery bread rack, lights and leftover insulated fabric that
we use to make thermal covers (we are an industrial sewing loft).
We have a 100 watt bulb on the top rack (90 degrees Fahrenheit),
a sixty watt bulb on the middle rack (70-75 degrees) and a 60
watt bulb on the bottom rack (65 degrees).
We have some other
seeds (flowers and herbs) along with the Culantro and Aji Dulce
seeds that you provided to us and have planted them in Miracle
Gro potting mix in mini peat pots that one of us found in her
garden shed.
On Monday 02/06 we planted the Aji Dulce seeds as directed (with
no pre-treatment), covered them, and placed them on the middle
rack. On Monday 02/13 we saw our first sprout! As of today 15 out
of the 23 seeds have
sprouted. After sprouting we move them to the top rack for better
light for a couple of days and then move them to an eastern
exposure window for natural light. Today we have 7 Aji Dulce
sprouts in our window. I have
included a picture of our incubation station for your amusement
(rather crude but it works well), and the new batch of
"babies" that were moved today from their shaded
germination beds to the top rack for better light.
(Since I took the picture this morning three more seedlings have
germinated and are beginning to peek out of the soil!)
The Monday that we planted the Aji Dulce seeds (02/06) we also
planted the Culantro as directed. They currently reside on the
bottom rack (65 degrees Fahrenheit) but I think we will move them
up to the middle rack (70-75 degrees Fahrenheit) after the pepper
seeds have sprouted. What do you think?
Anyway, so far so good. It's practically instant gratification,
don't you think?
Cheers,
Sylvia Seaberg
Palo Alto, California
The now Famous "Incubation Station" ------------IT WORKS ! Aji Dulce Seedlings in a few days
8/21/2004
Hi Jose, I just wanted you to know how well my aji dulce seeds grew. I gave 4 plants away to my friends and kept 3 for myself. The plants are growing great up here in Connecticut, with lots of peppers on each plant. Pretty soon I will make the sofrito. Thanks for the great seeds. Sandy Palladino
They start young growing their Culantro and Aji Dulce !
(Alina enjoying the fruit of her hard work !)
Hi Jose,
I thought I would send some photos of my culantro and aji
dulce. My
daughter helped us plant them, so she is very excited to see them
grow. It
has been only 16 days. The culantro are still very small,
but I am just
happy they are growing.
Thanks again,
Brett
(Received 10/12/2007)
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P.S. Ají Dulce is NOT a hot pepper! However, being of the capsicum chinense family they may carry a slight touch of heat. Some more, some less, most imperceptible....
(It is just the perfect companion for Culantro to impart that Caribbean touch)
LINKS
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-479.html
Send-in your "SOFRITO"recipes so I can Post them in the new sofrito's web page. Send them to:
The web page is ready and waiting for your recipe. To view the SOFRITO web page, click HERE !
Aji Dulce Seeds
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5 packets of Aji Dulce 10++ seeds each. (14.6+% Discount) $16.00
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