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Ají Dulce de Venezuela
Capsicum chinense
Also known as Rocotillo, Cachucha, and a few more names...
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for great discounts !
For those of you who have enjoyed the Caribbean 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 Caribbean 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 belong to a family of extremely HOT peppers called Habaneros. This Aji Dulce version of it, has very little heat, with outstanding flavor . 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!
You will notice in the following foto a comparison between the Aji Dulce de Puerto Rico and the Aji Dulce de Venezuela. Size wise, the Aji Dulce de Venezuela has the advantage and many claim it has a slight advantage on the flavor also. Try both, and you decide !
Photo comparison between Aji Dulce P.R. and Venezuela
The bottom left aji is the one from Puerto Rico, the others are from Venezuela.
A look inside the Aji Dulce Venezolano
Here are some inputs from our customers:
Important Reading !
Hot Contribution from Rene Torres 9/18/08
Rene was having problems with his beautiful Aji Caballero plants appx. 4-6 inches tall and the plants were losing their leaves. Turns out an Old Timer told him to put coffee grounds around the plant's trunk and that it will repel the little bugs. They will tunnel into the trunks and completely kill the plant when they eat the center of the trunk. This happens in most pepper plants so the same applies for the Aji Dulce plant and other peppers!
Gracias René
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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 in your Sofrito)
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 !
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