Hot smoked paprika for all your Spanish dishes:Pimenton de la Vera Picante Hot Smoked Paprika Smoked over oak fires in the traditional wayPaprika or piment????t;/I> is one of the essential ingredients in Spanish cooking. It is used in everything from chorizo sausage and lomo to chilindron sauces and sprinkled on top of octopus and even fried eggs! There are several kinds of paprika ? sweet, spicy, smoked or a combination of the above. This ground hot Capsicum pepper from La Vera, in south-west Spain, is made using a traditional drying process with the smoke produced by wood burning using Oak. This method was originated by monks in the 15th century, and to this day, the region of La Vera is renowned for the quality of this product.