What is the difference between roasted red peppers and pimientos?!
What is the difference between roasted red peppers and pimientos?
I always watch the cooks on Food Network and they always talk about using roasted red peppers in a variety of dishes. I bought a jar of those and they tasted just like the much less expensive pimientos. The only difference I could taste was in the price.
Answers:
Take it from a former chef in Canada, they are the same thing, one is usually jarred (RRP) and more expensive and the other is less expensive (PIM) and in a tin.
Years ago when I was working, we either used the tinned ones for garnishes and in food, it is not but for the last few years that roasted pepper, something that has been around for years has become popular. today you can get them in jars, deli counters and salad bars.
I used to blacken them on the charcoal broiler, and the peel them, they were more of a salad or appetizer ingredient, now everyone uses them makes saues from them and use them a main course items, stuffed or baked.
The Wikipedia entry says that pimentos are "more aromatic than that of the red bell pepper". So I assume there's a difference; but it also implies that there might be a similarity. Go figure.