Sentences with phrase «of espelette»

Lev Sercarz uses the example of Espelette pepper, which is not native to southwestern France, but has become famous, driving 30 percent of the region's economy.

Thus the habanero joins the ranks of the Espelette chile of France and the smoked paprika of Spain, Pimentón de la Vera, as the only pepper products to win the same protection as Champagne, Parmesan cheese, and Dijon mustard.

Kicking off with aromas of orange flower, dried apricot, candied citrus and soft spices of anis and cinnamon, this rich and powerful armagnac is full bodied with a touch of Espelette pepper in the mouth.

Stir in the chives, half of the sardines and the remaining 1 teaspoon of Espelette; remove from heat and season with a pinch of salt.

In France, however, chiles were established as a tradition in just one region the Nive Valley in the southwest, and especially in the village of Espelette to the south.

By the 1960s, the Espelette peppers became so popular that the village of Espelette, population 1700, established the Celebration of Peppers, a festival much like the Hatch Chile Festival in New Mexico.

Rooms in the town of Espelette are almost impossible to find.

Not exact matches

Espelette, with a population of less than 2,000, welcomes some 18,000 visitors during its annual 2 - day celebration.

Chocolatiers in Bayonne, perhaps influenced by tales of Montezuma's favorite drink, combined Espelette powder and chocolate.

From this point on, Basque cooks began using the Espelette pepper in place of black pepper in seafood dishes.

About the same heat scale as hot paprika, the Espelette pepper is regarded by the French as a four on the scale of one to ten.

That chile is piment d' Espelette, or the Espelette pepper, and it has become a cultural and culinary icon in that part of Basque country.

At the tourist office I load up on maps and brochures, with plans to return for a hardcover book on Espelette and one of the official tee shirts.

The company sources some unusual spices, too, such as Sichuan peppercorns, Grains of Paradise or Piment d'Espelette, a ground chili pepper from the Espelette region of France.

My husband chose the conch dish, tender slivers of the locally caught seafood, sprinkled with bits of puffed quinoa, basil aioli and espelette pepper.

Scoops of mango sorbet with Espelette pepper or pistachio and black sesame might be commonplace in a city like New York but didn't exist in Paris a decade ago.

The Southern Fashion is «a bourbon based drink that I infuse with Espelette, a chile from the northern Basque region in France [that] is a favorite to many chefs as it packs quite a bit of flavor without being too hot,» noted the passionate - about - peppers Bogue.

Piment de Espelette, a chile from the Basque region of southwest France, was granted an A.O.C., along with the products made with it.

Originating from the Basque region of France, the Espelette pepper is distinctively smoky, sweet, and mildly hot.