Food Guides: Spices: Paprika

Paprika is a a spicy seasoning ground from a variety of sweet red pepper (Capsicum annuum), Is is grown and primarily produced in South America, Central Europe and the United States. Paprika is a spice that is often underrated, being used mostly just to garnish dishes such as deviled eggs, cheese, fish, and vegetable casseroles. However it's repertoire is much more vast, as it can also be used in stews, fish, meat, wild game and creamy sauces.

Paprika is a main flavoring in Hungarian cooking which includes Goulash and Chicken Paprikash.In Morocco, Paprika is used in tomato dishes and salads. It may also be noted that paprika enjoyed not only as the powdered red spice that you may be familiar with, the pepper that paprika comes from may also be enjoyed on its own..