Pantry guide
Best Paprika for home cooking
What Paprika is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The red powder the 30 books reach for more than any other named spice after salt and pepper: color, sweetness, and a little smoke.
Bloom it in fat off the heat so it does not burn and turn bitter. Sweet paprika colors. Hot paprika speaks. Smoked paprika is a different sentence — use it when the recipe wants a grill and you have only a pot.
If the jar smells like dust, it is dead. Buy it sweet-smelling and red as a brick, then keep it in the dark.
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