Capsicum chinense 'Ají dulce'

Sweet pepper
Ají dulce
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Ají dulce peppers
Scientific Classification
Species:	Capsicum chinense
Synonyms
Ajíce (Puerto Rico) Biquinho (Brazil) Rubra (Brazil)

Plant Data
Heat:	1 · · · · · · · ·
Scoville heat units:	0 - 1,000
References:

Ají dulce (from South American Spanish ají, "chile" + Spanish dulce, "sweet") is any of a variety of sweet perennial peppers found in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is most widely known in Venezuela where it refers to a specific native variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero, but with a much milder, smoky flavour.

It is a small, light green pepper that turns red (or yellow) if left long enough on the plant. It has the shape and size of a habanero pepper without the intense heat. Occasionally, there can be some ají dulce fruit that is pungent, probably due to out-crossing with other hot pepper plants.

Growing

Main article: Chilli

Preserving

The fruit of aji dulce can be used green or ripe, and it can be seeded and frozen for use over the winter, a technique that also preserves its rich flavor much better than drying.

Troubles

Main article: Pepper troubles

References

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