SEVEN POD ORGANIC CHILLI POWDER - N.14

The Seven Pod is perfect with game meats, blue cheeses and wholemeal doughs for pizza and bread.
This chili pepper has an intense fruity aroma with nuances of cocoa butter and tobacco.
Its spiciness is immediate and very persistent. Great for dishes with a very strong taste, such braised meats and ragout.

DESCRIPTION

The Seven Pod is a Capsicum chinense native to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The name of the chili derives from the fact that its spiciness equals that of 7 chili peppers and that only one Seven Pod can spice up to 7 pots of beans.
It seems that during the 17^th century in the Caribbean Islands, pirates and poachers exhausted from years and years of wars wanted something that could add some fire to their stews and pots of beans…
This chili pepper is extremely rare and extremely spicy! When unripe, the fruit is yellow, orange and green, while near the end of maturation it’s characterized by a darker brown colour and a very wrinkley surface. It can reach 1,800,000 SHU.

Particular low temperature techniques of humidity extraction have been employed for the production of this powder, making it possible to keep unaltered the original scent of the chilli pepper.
Among many of the healthy micro elements of the Seven Pod we can find: Vitamin A, which improves the condition of eyes, hair and skin; and Vitamin C, which not only stops the spread of free radicals, but is also useful and crucial in raising the barriers of our immune systems, thus lowering the risks of tumours by inhibiting the synthesis of carcinogenic substances. In addition, it’s scientifically proven that consuming chilli peppers at least 4 times a week halves the risk of cardiac arrest.