Ají dulce

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Ají dulce (from South American Spanish ají, "chilli" + Spanish dulce, "sweet") is any of a variety of sweet perennial peppers found in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is most widely known in Venezuela where it refers to a specific native variety of Capsicum chinense related to the habanero, but with a much milder, smoky flavour.

In Puerto Rico, the “ají dulce” (“ajíce” for short) is grown commercially and is an important ingredient for sauces, such as sofrito or “mojito isleño” (a fish or meat sauce).

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  • Weaver, William Woys. (2000) 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. ISBN 1565122380