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The pepper of the Arnoia

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The pepper of the Arnoia

Food and drink · Arnoia, Ribeiro, Ourense

A green pepper with an elongated fruit and fine flesh, grown in the lowlands of the Arnoia estuary, where the mild climate allows it to be harvested from early summer. It holds a Protected Geographical Indication and is grown mainly in the Ribeiro district, in the municipality of Arnoia and the parish of Meréns. It is yellowish-green when fresh and deep red when ripe, with a mild, non-spicy flavour, unlike the Padrón pepper. It is eaten fried, and also lends itself to roasting or stuffing; it gives its name to the concello's main festival, declared of tourism interest (an official Spanish tourism-interest distinction), held on the first weekend of August ever since a cooperative began marketing it in 1969.

Photo: Norrin strange (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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