PIMIENTOS DE PADRON (Padron peppers from Galicia, Spain)

I received a gift from my friend Joshua...a small bag of Padron peppers that his neighbor gave him when he returned from Galicia, Spain. Joshua does not cook -- but he sure likes to eat at my house -- so I was the receiver of this bounty.

I'd never seen these before and found out what they were through my friend Joan of FOODalogue on her last visit to New York. 

I had vacuumed-packed them and stored them in the fridge, but we couldn't find them when we went to look. When I did find them it was too late to share with Joan. When opening the bag the aroma of these peppers just penetrated my nostrils and I did smell a little heat.   


The saying goes "Los pimientos de Padron, unos pican y outros non" (peppers of Padron, some of them hot, and others not). 

These little green peppers are a gem. You might eat four or five and then you pick one that has the kick.


I am preparing them as I write this post and I hear them sizzling and my kitchen is filled with this wonderful aroma. They are now blistered and I just tried one...did it have to be the hot one?! Ay Caramba!  

Preparing them is so simple.  All you need is olive oil, salt and a frying pan.

I saved one pepper and I am sending it to Florida to see if my son can plant the seeds in his back yard. You never know....do you?





Sorry Joan, they were really deliciosos!

                                                  Buen Provecho!