pimentón

/ ˌpiːmɛnˈtɒn /

noun

1. smoked chilli powder

Word History and Origins

Origin of pimentón¹

from Spanish

Example Sentences

Place garlic, onion, red pepper, sun-dried tomatoes, pimentón, oregano, parsley and red chili flakes in a food processor, blending until coarsely combined, about 30 seconds.

From Salon

Fish soup features local rockfish, specifically its belly, treated like salt cod, and pimenton for rich, smoky flavor.

From Washington Post

Lobster, cooked on a plancha and dripping with smoky pimentòn butter and sherry, is a far cry from the garlic-scented chew toys of former times.

From New York Times

Octopus piled over Andalusian potato salad, that tapas-bar mainstay, appears here, too, bright with sherry vinegar and nearly red with smoky pimentón oil.

From New York Times

Their offerings include purple stripe garlic powder from Cao Bang, Vietnam, that Frisch describes as having a “really complex, kind of sophisticated flavor profile,” and smoked pimenton paprika from Extremadura, Spain, that gets its flavor from being smoked and dried over oak coals.

From Washington Post