DESCRIPTION
Product: Chipotle Chillies
Latin Name: Capsicum frutescens
Plant Family: Solanaceae
Description: Chipotle chillies are in fact, fully ripened jalapeno peppers that are smoke dried, they are dark reddish brown to black in colour and bursting with a delightful smokey, slightly chocolaty flavour with a medium heat, registering on the Scoville scale as have 15, 000-25, 000 SHU’s. Our chipotle chillies have been heat treated to preserve their freshness and their unique flavour and have been pre-cut to 3-6mm for ease of use. Handle with caution!
Interesting Fact: Did you know that it takes 4.5kg of chipotle chillies to make less than half a kilo of dried chillies? In Mexico you can often find two types of chipotle chillies, the ‘Morita’ is the seen as being the highest quality, whilst the ‘Meco’ is seen as having a more intense and smoky flavour as the ‘Meco’ is smoked for a longer period of time.
Ingredients: Heat treated, dried and cut fruits of chipotle chillies.
Allergy Advice: Chillies contain a naturally occurring source of salicylates and is best avoided by people eating a salicylate free diet.
SHELF LIFE
Shelf life of two years provided that goods are stored in an airtight container in ambient conditions.
DISCLAIMER
You should always read the label before consuming or using the product and never rely solely on the information presented here.