About Aleppo Pepper
Aleppo Pepper is essential Middle Eastern pepper from Aleppo, Syria. Rating 10,000-30,000 SHU offers moderate heat with complex flavor. These peppers are traditionally sun-dried and coarsely ground with salt and oil. The flavor is fruity and earthy with moderate warmth. Essential in Turkish, Syrian, and Middle Eastern cuisines. Often used as table condiment sprinkled on dishes. The burgundy-red color is distinctive. Flavor has notes of sun-dried tomato and raisin. Traditionally dried on rooftops. The civil war has disrupted traditional production but seeds are preserved worldwide.
Flavor profile
Moderate heat with fruity, earthy notes
In the kitchen
Middle Eastern cuisine, essential seasoning
Growing information
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Days to harvest
- 85-95 days
- Plant height
- 24-30 inches
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