What is the difference between sweet paprika and hot paprika?

Question

And what exactly is paprika? I've never thought of it but there's a recipe that calls for sweet paprika and I know it comes from Hungary and is also grown locally too but I don't think I've ever even seen hot paprika.

Is paprika an herb or a seed or a pepper...I was wondering if it might even be made from some type of sweet/hot pepper?

Answer 1

Outside of Hungary, paprika is the spice made from a special Hungarian pepper, called "paprika". You can buy very hot (spicy), and not hot versions. The latter version is the sweet, "delicatesse".

However, in Hungary - or in some recipes - paprika is also the vegetable (which the spice is made of). And this vegetable (which is officially a fruit, but that's another story) has many variations: small, wide, long, short, yellow, red etc. But the most important two categories are the hot, and the sweet (not hot).

The paprika spice is made like this:
The plant was thread with a needle, placed on the sunny exterior walls of houses. The paprika strings were dried on the house walls until getting that harmonic taste, flavor and scent that is characteristic for the Hungarian paprika. Splitting, a typical work connected to paprika preparation, was done before grinding. Splitting meant the removal of the seeds and the core; it was the shiny red skin of the plant that remained. Grinding was performed with rubble­ stones. The secret of milling that sons inherited from fathers lead to the formation of the fire-red color that is worldwide known. This technology of grinding is still being used in the paprika mills.

Answer 2

Yes, the more seeds the hotter the pepper. They also have paprika paste. My favorite type is Szeged Paprika it comes from Hungary in a red TIN. put it in your freezer or fridge lasts forever. The spicy paprika paste also is good for arthritis. It's really not that hot though nothing like a habenjero.

Answer 3

Paprika is made from dried ground capsicum peppers. These peppers can range from those as sweet as American bell peppers or as almost as hot as Mexican hot peppers -- well, not really-- but Almost.

So enjoy the range of paprika.

If you think paprika is just red coloring, then you must have inherited your grandfather's spices rack. Go out and buy some fresh paprika!! Your life will begin today!

Answer 4

About Paprika

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika

Answer 5

Just how it sounds, sweet paprika adds flavor but no heat, the hot paprika adds flaovor and heat!

Answer 6

Paprika is made from a type of pepper. Like most peppers, some varieties are hot and some are milder. It can be used as a garnish to add color to foods. It can also be used in the cooking. The hot varieties are usually more brown in color. They can be very spicy. The milder ones are usually more burnt orange or red in color.

I have never heard of one called "sweet", but I guess the mildest ones might be called that. I have also found that when just used to add color, they really don't add any flavor. When they are used in cooking, they add a nice, spicy flavor.

Answer 7

Sweet is sweet, hot is spicy. Paprika is a herb usually used as a garnish (on top of) prepared item rather than in it.

Answer 8

Paprika, especially Hungarian and Spanish, have very different flavors.

Check www.Penzeys.com

Answer 9

im not completely sure but the hot is kind of spicy and the sweet kinda tastes like artificial sugar

Answer 10

the hotter the perrer the more seeds.