Hot Peppers

We grow many different varieties of hot peppers. We will be giving you a few of the medium heat hot peppers (Jalepeno, Anaheim, Ancho or Poblano, Cayenne, and Hot Hungarian).

Peppers are rated on a scale called the Scoville Scale (SHU).

This scale rates peppers from 0 - 2,000,000 SHU. O SHU being no heat to 2,000,000 SHU being the most heat.

Here is a great chart that shows a peppers ranking from most hot to least hot.

Chart from: http://pakorarecipes.co.uk/pepper-facts/

Here are the varieties that you may see in your shares this year. We will start with the least hot pepper.

Any hot pepper is hotter when the seeds are included in the dish. For a milder flavor always remove the seeds and rinse to remove any seed residue.

Anaheim
(1,000 SHU)

These are the mildest pepper that we grow. They are great used in fresh salads or to add a very mild heat to any salsa.







Poblano(Ancho)
(2,500 SHU)

Poblanos are the best hot peppers for stuffing.  Try stuffing them with tomatoes, sausage, rice, and topping them with your favorite cheese.They are also fabulous roasted, peeled and added to any recipe for a light amount of heat.



Hot Hungarian
(3,500 SHU)

This sweet/hot pepper is an excellent choice for sandwiches. It also is great fried or pickled or used in sauces. For more heat, prepare and use raw. To bring out more of the sweetness in the pepper, roast or sauté lightly in olive oil until semi-translucent.



Jalapeño 
(5,000 SHU) 

Jalapeños are an extremely versatile pepper that are extremely yummy roasted and stuffed with chives or scallions and cream cheese. They can also add a medium heat to salsas or sauces or fajitas.

Cayenne
(35,000 SHU)

Cayenne peppers are the hottest of the peppers you will find in your shares this year. They are wonderful dried and used in dishes that call for any spicy dish. They do turn red but are more mild when they are picked while green. Cayenne pepper is used in the sauce for spicy buffalo wings.