Piment d'Espelette

[kiddc]

Has anyone heard of this pepper:-

I saw it here, in a recipe : http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/08/french-in-a-flash-penne-with-piment-despelette-recipe.html
"Only allowed a knife point of the stuff" , leads me to think that its quite valuable and hard to come by.
Has anyone grown this pepper before? and do you know where i can get seeds?

more info:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espelette_pepper

 

[Hammerfall]

very popular around here.

i think it,s a normal cayenne type pepper not very hot but tasty.

there is probably some available in specialised spice market place.

More Info here

 

[capsidadburn]

If you pm me your address I will send you some seeds and info. It is a unique pepper I think with great flavor and interesting plant habit, history, etc.

Mike