The Cubanelle, also known as "Cuban pepper" and "Italian frying pepper",
is a variety of sweet
pepper
Pepper or peppers may refer to:
Food and spice
* Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant
** Black pepper
* ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae
** Bell pepper
** Chili ...
of the species ''
Capsicum annuum''. When unripe, it is light yellowish-green in color, but will turn bright red if allowed to ripen. Compared to
bell peppers it has thinner flesh, is longer, and has a slightly more wrinkled appearance. It is used extensively in the cuisine of
Cuba, the
Dominican Republic,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
,
Puerto Rico and
Italy.
[
Cubanelle peppers generally measure between a 100 and a 1000 on the Scoville scale.][
]
See also
* List of Capsicum cultivars
References
External links
Basic info on Cubanelle peppers
Chili peppers
Capsicum cultivars
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