You’ve found a recipe that calls for a guajillo, or a serrano, or a Scotch bonnet, and it’s the one pepper you don’t have on hand. The instinct is to grab whatever’s close, but no two peppers trade places cleanly. A swap can land milder or far hotter than the original, and it can pull the flavor in a whole different direction. This finder sorts that out for you: tell it the pepper you’re replacing and whether matching the heat, the flavor, or simply finding something at the store matters most, and it ranks the best stand-ins, including how much hotter or milder each one runs, which flavor notes carry over, and roughly how much to use in place of the original. It’s the difference between hoping a substitute works and knowing how it will.
The Capsaicin Code
$9.99 (ebook)
Most cookbooks tell you what to do with a chili pepper; The Capsaicin Code tells you why it works. Thirty peppers, three pairing principles, and twelve tested recipes — written for home cooks who want to stop following pepper recipes and start inventing their own. PDF AND EPUB provided. Send to Kindle ready.