[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sweet pepper is a herbaceous plant in the Solanaceae family with picciolate leaves, white flowers and berry-like fruit, hollow inside except for the seeds. It apparently originated in Brazil, and was undoubtedly brought to Europe after the discovery of America.<\/p>\n
Peppers can be divided into sweet and spicy, the latter belonging to the Frutescens family and used primarily as a condiment.
\nSweet peppers fall into at least four groups, depending on the shape: square, ox heart, “popone” and horn-shaped (including the Naples green variety, friarello).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peppers took some time to be accepted in Italian cuisine, as they were considered a vulgar food. One of the first varieties to find success in the kitchen was the sweet green horn-shaped pepper eaten in Naples fried and salted or barbecued; in Campania this type is still called friarello (from the Neapolitan frijere – to fry – and not to be confused with “friariello”, winter broccoli). In the rest of Italy the same variety is known as friggitello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1229,"template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n