Gluten-Free Tuesday: Smoked Paprika
From Recipes I have a problem. One of a culinary nature, an addiction that isn’t nearly as bad as most vices in this culture. After all, what’s the problem with sprinkling a little lurid red dust across a plate? I have a smoked paprika problem. I do. I love it. ( Why don’t you marry it? Pee Wee Herman might say. And really , I say, I just might .) I want to pinch my fingers around a tiny spot of vivid red-orange powder and dance it into eggs, onto rice, into soups, onto roasted pork. My baked kale chips have an extra surprise: smoked paprika. My roasted tofu glows red. My roasted vegetables have a smoky glow instead of a burnt char. All of this thanks to smoked paprika. Stop me before I put some in a dessert. Actually, that might not be a bad idea. Also known as Pimenton de la Vera, Dulce, smoked paprika is made by smoking sweet red peppers over slow oak fires for several weeks. You know that smell your sweatshirt has when you’ve been sitting on the beach on a warm …
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