One of the simplest Spanish delicacies is a tapa called Pimientos de Padrón, small, flavorful green peppers that are blistered in olive oil over high heat and sprinkled with coarse salt. That’s it.

Looking for a quick party snack? How about a quick party trick? Just to be safe, we've got both all at once. Padron peppers, or pimientos de padrón, are a thin-skinned, Spanish pepper from Galicia.

Chile heads can understand that Judy Sheldon carried a torch for a pepper that captured her heart in a foreign land long ago. While in Spain on a walking tour in the early 1990s, the San Francisco ...

The day you learn to make perfectly blistered padrón peppers is the day you discover one of your new favorite side dishes. Padróns are Spanish peppers famous for their random spiceiness, but they are ...

I first tasted Padron peppers at August Restaurant in New York’s West Village. The centerpiece of the restaurant is a beautiful Italian-style wood burning oven. The chef at the time, Tony Liu, simply ...

What they are: Padrón peppers are small, green peppers with a sweet, mild flavor. Occasionally, the odd rogue pepper can grow particularly hot and spicy, making eating a dish of these peppers (often ...

This classic Spanish trio of scented membrillo (also called quince paste), slightly chalky manchego cheese and toasted mini peppers takes in sweet, sour, hot and salty flavours. Serves 4 2 tsp extra ...

Jim Dixon wrote about food for WW for more than 20 years, but these days most of his time is spent at his olive oil-focused specialty food business Wellspent Market. Jim’s always loved to eat, and he ...

Spain has known about it for centuries, but Australia's top chefs have finally realised what all the fuss is about. While the unusual thumb-sized Padron peppers are renowned for their unique sweet ...