Peppers roasted over wood, one by one

Sartaguda, Navarre//Products/5 min read

September on the banks of the Ebro.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
Sartaguda, Navarre.

Draft. This story will explain how the piquillo pepper is roasted and peeled by hand in Sartaguda.

Sartaguda, Navarre.

It will meet Ainhoa and Pili Echarri at the Huerta de Sartaguda.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Navarre

In the Ribera, the south of Navarre, the Ebro bends, the poplars follow it and the vegetable gardens on both banks have fed the north for centuries. In September the piquillo peppers are roasted over wood in Sartaguda.

Things to love about Navarre

  • Vegetable gardens along the Ebro
  • Peppers roasted over wood in September
  • The white badlands of the Bardenas Reales
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Pimiento del Piquillo de Lodosa PDO

Pimiento del Piquillo de Lodosa PDO

Sartaguda, Navarre
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