Cayenne Pepper 40K-SHU – 20oz

The cayenne pepper is a thin chili pepper, green to red in color, about 2 to 5 inches long. The “cayenne pepper” spice you use mostly in pizza restaurants is the dried, ground version of this pepper. It belongs to the nightshade family of flowering plants and are related to Bell peppers and Jalapenos. The word Cayenne comes from the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. Cayenne is great in soups and sauces, on pizzas, as well as over meats and seafoods. Keep it on the table in a shaker as an alternative to salt or pepper.