making smoked paprika

 cold nights mean its time to pick my peppers. i had a whole whack of alma paprika's

 first step? remove all the seeds & set them aside to dry on a screen 

 next: cut all stem & excess seed material from peppers 

then, give them to your awesome friend who puts them in his smoker & to dry. 

mmm. they smell amazing even at this stage

next. grind up the dried peppers & amazing, you have smoked paprika