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piquillo

British  
/ piˈkiʎo /

noun

  1. a variety of sweet red pepper grown in the Ebro River Valley in N Spain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of piquillo

C21: Spanish

Example Sentences

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Che's chefs dragged it through Spain via blitzed piquillo peppers and smoked paprika, but it still "just felt like red pepper sauce."

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023

Sub the Gouda for Manchego, and add some piquillo peppers.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2019

Using thin skewers or long toothpicks, assemble 16 banderillas, threading 1 cheese cube, 1 quail egg, 1 cornichon, 1 pickled onion, and 1 piquillo strip on each.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2018

A Basq Kitchen will feature specials from its weeklong cherry celebration such as cherry soup with crème fraîche and grilled duck with piquillo cherry salsa.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2018

The filet of sole looked gorgeous, the strips of fish layered in a T-shape above a bed of chickpeas and studded with flaming-red piquillo peppers.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2016

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