PEPPER 'Txorixero'

Rare and delicious! Pronounced “cho-dee-share-doe”, and also called Gernika, sweet frying pepper is a traditional variety of the Basque people and can be found growing across Europe’s Basque country. A key ingredient in Biscaya sauce, thin-skinned, totally sweet peppers are also traditionally strung into garlands and hung for later rehydration. Roasted and dried, they can also be ground into a delicious paprika. Also yummy raw in salads or blistered on the grill. This particular strain was brought to Boise, Idaho, over 50 years ago by Ben Goihiadia. In the early 1900s many Basques emigrated to Idaho for sheep herding jobs, and now Boise is a “little Basque country” of sorts. 80-90 days, heirloom.