Cascabel chili

Immature fruit of a cherry peppers

As a cherry peppers are called chili with cherry -like fruit. He is a special breed annuum form of the species Capsicum. The main growing areas are in Hungary and Mexico ( there as Cascabel called ). The Mexican name comes from the word rattle, as the seeds of the dried fruits produce a characteristic rattle when shaken.

Most cherry peppers mature from green to red. Less common are yellow or brown fruits. The size of the fruit varies from 2 to 5 cm.

In the kitchen, fresh cherry peppers are often used for filling, then inserted partially acid. Dried cherry peppers are used as a spice for sharpening of food, mostly Mexican or Hungarian origin.

The sharpness is due to the capsaicin contained in the fruit. The commonly used for determining the sharpness Scoville scale, the fruits are 1000-5000 units.

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• Harald Zoschke: The Chili Pepper Guide. Cultivation, recipes, interesting facts. Suncoast Peppers GmbH, Kressbronn, 3 unchanged edition 2004. ISBN 3-924685-05-3
• Henry Clay Irish: A revision of the genus Capsicum with a especial reference to garden varieties. 9th Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1898. Pages 53-110.