This hot smoked paprika, is an essential addition to paella, patatas bravas, and other classic Spanish dishes. Paprika is made from Pimento chillies, which are set to smoke-dry and flavoured by the oak wood. The smoking process takes around two weeks, and the chillies are then de-stemmed and de-seeded and ground into a fine powder. The colour and flavour of the paprika can be altered by fast machine grinding, so this process is sometimes done by hand, or with traditional techniques.