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Senise Pepper

Peperone di Senise (Senise bell peppe or Bell pepper of Senise) is a variety of bell pepper typical oF Senise, a town in the province of Potenza.

It is a cultivar of Capsicum Annuum sweet, with thin pericarp and low water content. Since 1996, Senise bell pepper is recognized as a fruit and vegetable product with aProtected Geographical Indication (PGI).

It presents a pointed, hooked or truncated shape, depending on the type. It has a sweet taste and a color that varies from green to purple red, and is characterized by the size and thin pulp (1.5 to 2.2 mm). The peduncle is well welded to the berry, such as not to detach even after drying. The dry product must be presented in necklaces (called serte) of variable length from 1.5 to 2 m. It is marketed fresh, dry and powdered.

The production area includes the areas bordering the municipality of Senise which overlook the Sinni and Agri valleys. Since the bell pepper arrived in Italy, between 1500 and 1600, farmers from Senise selected a variety that, with the passing of time, will become one of the most valuable at national level. At the beginning, this solanaceous plant grew and developed in an agricultural panorama mainly characterised by self consumption, and later it became a more and more specialised crop and therefore capable of guaranteeing an income.

The most popular use of Senise peppers is to be dried, turning into a crunchy bell pepper known as "crusco", an essential element of Lucanian cooking. Drying of Senise peppers is done according to natural local methods by indirect exposure to sun rays in long sheets hung in sunny and aerated places. A final rapid passage in the oven eliminates any residual humidity and facilitates the eventual subsequent milling in order to obtain a spice known in jargon as zafaran p'sat, as it resembles, for color and structure, the classic saffron.

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