Aji Delight

Description

A baccatum with all of the family’s fruitiness and none of the heat — a genuinely heatless chili, confirmed by every source that has measured it. The pods ripen green to a bright red, bullet-shaped and crisp, and you can eat them like a sweet pepper.

The flavour is what makes it interesting rather than merely mild: sweet, aromatic, with a hint of apple, and the unmistakable aji character that a bell pepper simply does not have. Excellent raw in salads and as a garnish, and — a use worth knowing — dried and ground it makes a fragrant sweet paprika of far better quality than anything in a supermarket tin.

A vigorous, generous plant that crops heavily and keeps going all season if you keep picking. Around 80–85 days.

Categories: C. baccatum , Mild , Easy to grow