ñOra Pepper

A small, round Spanish dried pepper with deep red, glossy skin. It tastes sweet and earthy with very mild heat and a gentle sun-dried fruit aroma. Cooks rehydrate the pods and scrape the flesh for sofrito, rice dishes, stews, and romesco; sold whole dried or as paste.\n\nOriginating on Spain's Mediterranean coast in Murcia and Valencia, they come from bola-type peppers traditionally sun-dried on strings. They are fixtures in Catalan and Valencian cuisines, flavoring seafood, rice, and roasted-pepper sauces.