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PIMENT JALAPENO [3 records]

Record 1 2012-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Spices and Condiments
DEF

A short, tapering chile with a thick flesh, a moderately hot, green vegetal flavour and a dark green colour ...

OBS

They're available fresh and canned and are used in a variety of sauces, sometimes stuffed with cheese, fish or meat, and in a multitude of dishes.

OBS

A red version is also available; it is a green chile that has been allowed to ripen ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Épices et condiments
DEF

Piment relativement doux d’origine mexicaine, vendu frais, séché ou mariné [et qui] devient rouge lorsqu’il est mûr.

CONT

[...] le jalapeño est considéré comme assez doux -- entre 2 500 et 5 000 unités Scoville. Il a une peau lisse et une chair épaisse, et il est surtout utilisé dans les salsas ou comme accompagnement pour les viandes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Especias y condimentos
CONT

El jalapeño (de la familia de la planta llamada Capsaicuma) deriva sus picantes del capsaicún [...] tiene forma de un cono, estrecho en la punta, redondo no puntiagudo. Mide aproximadamente de 6 a 8 cm de largo y 3 a 5 cm de ancho. Su color es verde oscuro, de suave textura, cáscara gruesa y pulposa [...]

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Record 2 2005-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Spices and Condiments
DEF

In Mexican cookery, a pungent red pepper, often pickled and eaten as an appetizer or added to meat stews, sauces, etc.

OBS

Chipotle is a fiery red-ripe jalapeno smoked to a wrinkled brown over banana leaves and dried into a pungent seasoning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Épices et condiments
OBS

Le chipotle est le piment jalapeno rôti utilisé comme condiment dans la cuisine mexicaine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Especias y condimentos
CONT

El chile chipotle es un chile jalapeño rojo, maduro, seco y ahumado [...] Derivado de una palabra del dialecto Azteca que significa humo [...]

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Record 3 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
  • Spices and Condiments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Épices et condiments
DEF

Salsa de saveur incendiaire grâce au piment mexicain(jalapeño, lorsque frais, et chipotle, séché) et au piment serrano.

Key term(s)
  • salsa pico de gallo

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Recetas de cocina
  • Especias y condimentos
DEF

Salsa que se prepara con jonocostle o tuna agria, cebolla y chile.

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