Halapenyo

Halapenyo – one of grades of burning chili pepper. Fruits of a plant have moderate and burning taste (from 2500 to 8000 units on Skovill's scale). Pepper is called in honor of the city of Jalapa located in Mexico in the state of Veracruz. Jalapa – the chief producer and the supplier халапеньо.

This grade of pepper differs in the tiny sizes. Pepper халапеньо weighs usually about fifty grams. In length the fruit of this plant seldom exceeds nine centimeters. Small peppers which length does not exceed five centimeters are considered the most valuable.

For growth and maturing pepper needs about 75-80 days. One plant yields a harvest from 20 to 35 pepper. Pepper pods халапеньо collect green.

At discoloration this vegetable loses the tastes a little. However consumer and flavoring properties of red pepper remain for a long time. For this reason the reddened fruits can be dried, milled and added to various seasonings or to use as fertilizer. Juice of fresh fruits халапеньо can cause insignificant irritation of skin. For this reason collectors process and gather pepper only in gloves.

There are many kinds of pepper халапеньо. They differ in the region of growth, degree of sharpness and aroma, outward. The most popular of them – espinaltico (sharp-pointed pepper), peludo (pepper with thick long pods) and morita (oblong short pepper).

Structure and useful properties and pepper халапеньо

Hundred grams of fruits contain 89 g of water, 2,6 g of food fibers, 4,51 g of ashes, 0,1 g of saturated fatty acids, 0,05 g of unsaturated fatty acids, 968 mg of beta carotene, 85 mkg of vitamin A, 12,9 mkg of vitamin C, 0,69 mg of vitamin K, 10 mg of B1 vitamin, 14 mg of B9 vitamin and 0,42 mg of B5 vitamin.

Fabrics of pepper contain a significant amount of sodium (1671 mg) and potassium (193 mg). There is in their structure also a calcium (23 mg), magnesium (15 mg), iron (18 mg), manganese (1,88 mg). In insignificant quantity - selenium (0,15 mg) and zinc (0,14 mg).

Halapenyo contains such components, necessary for a human body, as essential oils, капсорубин, capsanthin, carotinoids, хавицин, sugar, linoleic (66%) and linolenic acids (6%).

Tinctures from this fruit improve digestion and destroy microbes. At the moderate use pepper will make salutary fortifying impact on an organism. The regular use of a small amount of pepper promotes decrease in permeability and strengthening of walls of blood vessels. The daily use of fruits improves sight, a condition of mucous membranes and integuments, stimulates growth of hair. It is very useful to use this vegetable at a depression, breakdown, sleeplessness, a diabetes mellitus.

Alkaloid capsaicine as a part of pepper liquefies blood, lowers arterial pressure, and also protects organism cells from various toxins.

With care pepper should be used at diseases of intestines, stomach, liver and kidneys as in it there is a lot of rough cellulose and essential oils.

Pepper directions of use халапеньо

In Mexican cuisine there are a lot of recipes with pepper халапеньо. This fruit is appreciated its burning properties and special sharpness. Stuffed peppers – the most widespread Mexican dish.

From this vegetable cook various sauces and spices, snack. "Pile" - the most popular Mexican snack. The whole pods of pepper are stuffed with cheese or mincemeat, and from above are decorated with ringlets of this vegetable.

From халапеньо even cook jam, jelly. Some culinary specialists glaze pepper in chocolate. The USA adds vegetable to crackers with cheese, and in Italy and Mexico – to pizza. Of green color Mexicans add Halapenyo to a sangrita (soft drink). Red pepper is used for Chipotle's preparation. Vegetables smoke, using wood smoke. After smoking they contract and get a light aroma of tobacco and chocolate.

Pepper халапеньо marinated

In European cuisine most often use marinated халапеньо. It is steamed most often with cream cheese.

Usually on bottles or banks with such pepper there is a text "hot pepper" marked халапеньо. Also marinated халапеньо sell in already ready look, in the form of the "salsa халапеньо" sauce.