Biber salçası

Pepper Paste (Turkish: beaver salçası ) is a made ​​of peppers, concentrated spice paste, which is used mainly in the Turkish and Balkan cuisine using. Besides salt pepper paste no spices. It is a typical component of Turkish ground meat dishes and stews.

The traditional production way ripe peppers are first pre-dried in the sun, cored, mashed and cooked slowly in a shallow pan until a paste is formed; today usual industrial production substantially corresponds to that of tomato paste, i.e., the fresh, passed pulp is concentrated by heating or vacuum, and then pasteurized.

Offers pepper paste is mild ( tatlı ) and sharp ( acı ), depending on your choice Pepper type and amount of cores used, and mixed with tomato paste.

In classic recipes of Western European cuisine under Pepper Paste chopped, sautéed red peppers happened and understood, so rather a mild puree.