Shepherd Peppers

Shepherd Peppers

Shepherd Peppers are huge, big sweet red peppers -- very much like standard sweet red bell peppers in taste, thickness and colour, but somewhat juicier, and because of their size very easy to work with. Where you might plan two stuffed peppers for a guy with a healthy appetite, one Shepherd Pepper should do it.

They will vary in size from 7 to 10 inches (18 to 25 cm) long, and be about 3 inches (7.5 cm) wide. They take about 66 days to grow and ripen from green to red.

Substitutes
Red bell peppers

Equivalents
1 Shepherd Pepper = 2 standard-sized red bell peppers

Storage
About a week or more in vegetable crisper; a few days unrefrigerated

History
Possibly developed in Italy.

Also called: Super Shepherd Peppers Poivron Marconi (French)

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