Crema di Habanero Chocolate

Pepper can be consumed fresh, dried, smoked, cooked, or raw to flavor and enhance any type of dish based on meat, fish, pasta, or sauces. Pepper is a potent vasodilator due to lecithin, which strengthens the coronary arteries and gives good elasticity to the arteries; hence, it's considered an aphrodisiac food and a panacea for our health. Ripe pepper is particularly rich in vitamins, carotenoids, and minerals such as potassium, calcium, and phosphorus. Containing flavonoids and capsaicinoids, it has antibacterial effects, allowing foods cooked with pepper to be preserved relatively long. Pepper has a strong antioxidant power and is useful in treating cold-related illnesses such as colds, sinusitis, and bronchitis and aids digestion. Pepper, by stimulating intestinal peristalsis, promotes transit and evacuation. It can also be used as an analgesic in arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, post-herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, post-mastectomy symptoms, and cluster headaches. It's also hypothesized that the pain sensation produced by capsaicin stimulates the brain to produce endorphins, a natural opioid that acts as an analgesic and produces a sense of well-being. It's also thought to be an aphrodisiac food, but there is no study or evidence to prove its alleged aphrodisiac properties.