The gastronomy of Navarra is, as the land itself and the people who take charge of it, rich and varied. The gastronomy is culture and the culture results from people, it has to remain faithful to its land. From the Pyrenees to the Ribera, Navarra offers one thousand different faces, and its gastronomy also.

Magnificent raw material, excellent culinary modes, balances between yesterday and today... The gastronomy of Navarra, deserves certainly a visit. And of all this rich offer, two products are the stars: The peppers "del piquillo of Lodosa " and the asparaguses with certification of origin.

Peppers del piquillo of Lodosa

Peppers del Piquillo de Lodosa are ones of the most representative products of the navarran gastronomy and they have lately acquired an almost mythical prestige.

Although the pepper is a plant native of South America, the piquillo of Lodosa belongs to a singular, autochtonous and unique botanical variety in its kind, wich reaches its maximal degree of gustative quality in the geographic region which carries its name (Lodosa) and the neighbouring municipalities.

Elaboration

After the harvest, which is manually made and in a selective way, between the end of September and November, peppers are roasted. Later they will be very carefully peeled, without being washed in the water, nor plunged into any chemical solution. Finally, they will be packaged in absolute aseptic conditions, to reach to the final consumer in the best conditions.

Once at the table, they will harmonize in perfection with the cod, the tuna, the "chipirones" (small fried squids), or the anchovies. They heighten in a very special way egg dishes, go very well with rice, potatoes and pastas and are convenient for the fragility of puff pastry. Lastly, they play a magnificent role when accompanying meat.

Organoleptiques characteristics and nutritional values

Peppers del piquillo of Lodosa possess a turgescent texture, without being hard. They are characterized by an intense, full, slightly sweetish flavour, without sourness and with a reminder of smell of roasted meat. Fleshy and delicate, in their characteristic flavour, they reveal the care and the meticulousness with which they are prepared.

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