Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
The most pervasively popular paprika world-wide, it does beg the question:
What the heck is ‘paprika?’
The word itself is Hungarian, derived from either Greek ‘piperi’ or Latin, ‘piper.’
It refers to a type of bell pepper, which is used for the sweet, but can also include hotter peppers used for hot paprika, or smoked. Of the eight types of Hungarian pepper
EXPERIENCE
Sweet Hungarian is a dusty red powder, with a silky texture. Hints of dried plums, raisin, and chocolate it’s almost overwhelming how many flavors are in this unassuming red powder.
There’s no pungency or heat here; only a dried fruit, red bell pepper flavor, and a sweet finish.
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
The Hungarian hot pepper used for paprika was first grown in 1569, by the Turks at Buda (Today’s Budapest, the capital of Hungary.)
A breeder, in Szeged, in the 1920’s, grafted a plant that produced a sweeter fruit to the hotter Turkish pepper. The Hungarians loved the sweeter, mild pepper,
Over time, that pepper has been exported all over the world. It has become the dominant paprika in Europe, and North America, as well.
TRADITIONAL USES
- Goulash - A meat and vegetable soup rich in paprika;
- Garnish - Sprinkle on top of mashed potatoes, or on a steamed fish, for color;
- Paprikash - a meat stew; with dumplings;
- Ajvar - Eggplant appetizer made with fresh, or ground, paprika.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Sprinkle as a finish for savory-sweet butternut squash ice cream;
- A creamy chicken empanada with hearts of palm, potatoes, and paprika;
- Hungarian goulash ramen with paprika eggs;
- Paprika-cheddar crackers beat Cheezit any day of the week!
THE BACKSTORY
Paprika seeds landed with Christopher Columbus as a gift to Isabella, and Ferdinand, the queen, and king, of Spain. It spread from the Iberian Peninsula to Europe, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire. It spread to East Asia, and Asia Minor.
Regions transformed it to their tastes.
There are eight “grades” of Hungarian paprika.
- Különleges (“Special quality”) – It’s the most mild and it’s a very vibrant red;
- Csípősmentes csemege – Also a mild, delicate paprika;
- édesnemes (“Noble sweet”) It is very bright red, and slightly spicy. It’s the one that most people in North America know as Hungarian “sweet” pepper;
- Rózsa – Mild-to-medium. A pale red;
- Esemege paprika A low-medium spicy;
- Esípős csemege – Medium hot;
- Félédes – Sweet and medium hot;
- Erős (hottest and light brown to orange)
AKA
- Afrikaans: Hongaarse soet paprika
- Albanian: Paprikë hungareze e ëmbël
- Amharic: የሃንጋሪ ጣፋጭ ፓፕሪካ
- Arabic: بابريكا مجرية حلوة
- Armenian: Հունգարական քաղցր պապրիկա
- Azerbaijani: Macar şirin paprika
- Basque: Hungariar piper gozoa
- Bengali: হাঙ্গেরিয়ান মিষ্টি পাপরিকা
- Bosnian: Mađarska slatka paprika
- Bulgarian: Унгарски сладък червен пипер
- Catalan: Pebre vermell dolç hongarès
- Chinese (Simplified): 匈牙利甜红椒粉
- Chinese (Traditional): 匈牙利甜紅椒粉
- Croatian: Mađarska slatka paprika
- Czech: Maďarská sladká paprika
- Danish: Ungarsk sød paprika
- Dutch: Hongaarse zoete paprikapoeder
- English: Hungarian Sweet Paprika
- Estonian: Ungari magus paprika
- Filipino (Tagalog): Matamis na Hungarian paprika
- Finnish: Unkarilainen makea paprika
- French: Paprika doux hongrois
- Georgian: უნგრული ტკბილი პაპრიკა
- German: Ungarisches edelsüßes Paprikapulver
- Greek: Ουγγρική γλυκιά πάπρικα
- Hebrew: פפריקה מתוקה הונגרית
- Hindi: हंगेरियन मीठा पाप्रिका
- Hungarian: Édes magyar paprika
- Icelandic: Ungverskt sætt paprikuduft
- Indonesian: Paprika manis Hungaria
- Irish: Paparika mhilis Ungárach
- Italian: Paprika dolce ungherese
- Japanese: ハンガリー産 слад paprika（スイートパプリカ） / ハンガリー産甘口パプリカ
- Kazakh: Венгр тәтті паприкасы
- Korean: 헝가리산 스위트 파프리카 가루
- Latvian: Ungāru saldā paprika
- Lithuanian: Vengriška saldžioji paprika
- Macedonian: Унгарска слатка пиперка
- Malay: Paprika manis Hungary
- Maltese: Paprika ħelwa Ungeriża
- Mongolian: Унгар амтат паприка
- Nepali: हंगेरी मीठो पाप्रिका
- Norwegian: Ungarsk søt paprika
- Persian (Farsi): پاپریکای شیرین مجاری
- Polish: Węgierska słodka papryka
- Portuguese (Portugal): Paprika doce húngara
- Portuguese (Brazil): Páprica doce húngara
- Romanian: Boia dulce ungurească
- Russian: Венгерская сладкая паприка
- Serbian (Cyrillic): Мађарска слатка паприка
- Serbian (Latin): Mađarska slatka paprika
- Slovak: Maďarská sladká paprika
- Slovenian: Madžarska sladka paprika
- Spanish: Pimentón dulce húngaro
- Swahili: Paprika tamu ya Hungaria
- Swedish: Ungersk söt paprika
- Tamil: ஹங்கேரிய இனிப்பு பாப்ரிகா
- Telugu: హంగేరియన్ స్వీట్ పాప్రికా
- Thai: ปาปริก้าหวานฮังการี
- Turkish: Macar tatlı paprikası
- Ukrainian: Угорська солодка паприка
- Urdu: ہنگیرین میٹھی پاپریکا
- Vietnamese: Ớt paprika ngọt Hungary
- Welsh: Paprica melys Hwngari
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