In the kitchen
- Green seasoning: Chop with herbs, garlic and onion.
- Sofrito: Cook gently as a flavour base for rice and beans.
- Fresh relish: Dice finely and add gradually to taste.
Pour la cuisine
2027 KITCHEN PEPPERS · MILDTrinidad Smooth Pepper: seasoning and sofrito Trinidad Smooth is a seasoning pepper for building aroma into everyday cooking. Chop it into a green seasoning, soften it with onion and garlic, or use a little to ...
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Trinidad Smooth is a seasoning pepper for building aroma into everyday cooking. Chop it into a green seasoning, soften it with onion and garlic, or use a little to flavour beans and rice.
Mild
10+ Seeds per Packet
Capsicum chinense
Seasoning and sofrito
Choose it for the flavour foundation of a meal. Seasoning peppers work especially well in finely chopped mixtures where their aroma can spread through the dish.
Flavour: Aromatic seasoning-pepper character
Appearance: Small seasoning peppers that ripen through orange to red
Crop: Warm-season pepper, grown as an annual in Canada
Best uses: Seasoning and sofrito
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before your expected last frost, allowing extra time for slower seasoning peppers. Keep the seed-starting mix warm and evenly moist. Harden plants off gradually and transplant after frost into a sunny, sheltered position once nights are reliably warm. In a short season, a container in a warm spot can help you manage the crop.
It is commonly described as a mild seasoning pepper. The exact seed line still needs confirmation; taste cautiously.
Yes. Use a generous container with drainage, full sun and consistent watering. Feed regularly and support the plant as fruit develops.
10+ pepper seeds for starting your own plants. This is a seed listing, not fresh peppers or live plants.
Supplier identity and heat of this seed line are awaiting confirmation. Taste a small piece before adding a whole pepper; heat can vary.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.