Pimientos de Padrón (Padrón Peppers)
― "Os pementos de padrón, uns pican e outros non"The above is a Galician saying describing the little green peppers that are the subject of this post, meaning that some of them have a kick, others don't. These are the Russian Roulette of Spanish gastronomy. ∙ Pimientos de Padrón (Padrón Peppers) grow in the eponymous parish of Padrón, located in the province of Galicia known as A Coruña, in Northwest Spain. This a poetic land, home to one of the greatest female writers of the Galician [...].
