Cayenne pepper not only offers heat but also subtly enhances other flavors, which helped make it popular in early American cooking. In older spice trade definitions, any pepper that was hotter-than-hot was called "cayenne," after an area of South America which once exported super-hot peppers. Cayenne pepper ranges from 35,000 to 70,000 Scoville heat units. This pepper adds zip to any dish, and when a recipe calls for chile pepper heat, this is the pepper you want.
Ingredients
Chiles
Spice Highlights
Processing
ground
Taste Notes
hot, smoky, earthy
Perfect For
creole dishes, cajun seasoning
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this is great Cayenne. Fairly hot -- a little goes a long way, but it is smooth with none of the brassy aftrtaste of cheaper versons
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Elissa F.
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Kathy
Spicy but not super spicy!
Love the flavor of cayenne pepper!! Love it in chicken and pasta dishes.