Scotch bonnet
Scotch bonnet (also known as Bonney peppers, or Caribbean red peppers)[1] is a variety of chili pepper named for its supposed resemblance to a Scottish tam o' shanter bonnet.[2][3] It is common in West Africa and the Caribbean.
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| Capsicum chinense |
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Like the closely related habanero, Scotch bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville units.[4] For comparison, most jalapeño peppers have a heat rating of 2,500 to 8,000. A completely sweet variety of Scotch bonnet, cachucha, is grown on some Caribbean islands.
Cuisine
Scotch bonnets are used to flavor food worldwide and are often used in hot sauces and condiments. The Scotch bonnet has a sweeter flavor and stouter shape, distinct from its habanero relative with which it is often confused.
Scotch bonnets are mostly used in West Africa, West Indian, Sri Lankan, and Maldivian cooking and pepper sauces. They often appear in other Caribbean recipes. Scotch bonnets are used in jerk cooking.[5] They are also used in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama for Caribbean-styled recipes such as rice and peas, rondón, saus, beef patties, and ceviche.
Scotch bonnet peppers in a Caribbean market
A single ripe Scotch bonnet pepper
References
- ↑ Chili Peppers Recipes.
- ↑ DeWitt, Dave. Pepper Profile: Scotch Bonnet (1996)Fiery-Foods.com.
- ↑ Andrews, Jean. The Pepper Lady's Pocket Pepper Primer (1998)University of Texas Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-292-70483-1.
- ↑ Hot Chili Peppers on the Scoville Scale: Measuring chili pepper heat in Scoville units. The Spruce EatsThe Spruce. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ↑ Cloake, Felicity (2012-07-11). "How to cook perfect jerk chicken" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/jul/12/how-to-cook-perfect-jerk-chicken. Retrieved 2024-01-05.