Crushed Piri-Piri Pepper

£ 3.25

SIZE 25g CUISINE MEDITERRANEAN EXPLOSIVE

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Piri-Piri chillies are extremely hot, sunset red in colour and measure only an inch in size. The crushed chilli is typically mixed with lemon juice, onion, garlic, vinegar, oil and salt to form a paste. This paste can be smothered over prawns, chicken and fish, then barbequed or grilled. You could also try our Peri-Peri spice blend and Spanish Pimenton Bravas Sauce, which both contain these chillies.

Piri-Piri chillies have a long, fascinating history. The chillies influence Mozambican and Goan cuisine because Portuguese explorers introduced them to the regions where the famous Peri-Peri Chicken was born – the process of fried chicken being doused in a special peri-peri sauce that adds plenty of heat and flavour. Having become extremely popular throughout the UK thanks to restaurant chain Nandos, Piri-Piri sauce can also count Nelson Mandela amongst its most avid fans.

Peri-Peri is also popular in South African cuisine where in Swahili peri-peri means “pepper pepper” because according to folk law, the chillies are so hot they were named twice! They’re still sometimes known as “African Bird’s Eye chillies” and can range anywhere from 50,000 to 175,000 SHU on the Scoville scale. Nowadays, it’s mainly grown and cultivated in Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Portugal.

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2 reviews for Crushed Piri-Piri Pepper

  1. Verene Lack (verified owner)

    My go to spice, and the best piri piri i found in the UK it makes most thing ‘pop’ nicely (try it on baked fruit with some honey), is sweet and lovely. Perfect for lazy pasta merely dressed in salt, olive oil and piri piri

    • DPDcomputer

      Thanks for your feedback on our Piri Piri! Lazy pasta sounds delicious 😉
      Emily

  2. Rowena Whiteman

    These are great if you don’t want to bother cutting up chillies or hate getting stinging eyes (which I don’t like!). I also want to add that I really like Seasoned Pioneers products in general and as a company. Your website is great, as is your customer service – keep up the good work!

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Gluten Free

Gluten free

Vegan & Vegetarian

Vegan and Vegetarian Friendly

100% Natural

100% natural

Packed in UK

Hand packed in UK

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