# Cacho de Cabra

Also known as Ají Cacho de Cabra, Aji Cacho de Cabra, Goat's Horn Pepper, Cacho de Cabra Chile.
Species: Capsicum annuum.

Cacho de Cabra is a Capsicum annuum landrace from central and southern Chile, Chile. Capsi’s sourced range is 2,504–20,368 SHU (Lab-verified; typical 11,436). Flavor is sweet, fruity, citrusy, smoky, earthy. Used for fresh in salsas and sauces, dried and smoked for Merkén spice, seasoning meats, soups, stews, and bread, pebre salsa. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 1/2.2 the typical heat of a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU).

## Heat sources

- 20,368 SHU · Lab-verified
  Jessy Pavón-Pérez, Carlos Peña-Farfal, Mario Aranda, Karem Henriquez-Aedo (2019) Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society · HPLC
  DOI: 10.4067/S0717-97072019000204475
  https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-97072019000204475

- 2,504 SHU · Lab-verified
  Jessy Pavón-Pérez, Carlos Peña-Farfal, Mario Aranda, Karem Henriquez-Aedo (2019) Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society · HPLC
  DOI: 10.4067/S0717-97072019000204475
  https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-97072019000204475

- 6,730–20,318 SHU · Official breeder
  Maruja Cortés Belmar, Ricardo Pertuzé Concha (2019) Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas · HPLC
  DOI: 10.34720/9cx2-6f72
  https://doi.org/10.34720/9cx2-6f72

- 25,400 SHU · Official breeder
  Laboratorio de Hortalizas, Universidad de Chile
  https://www.hortalizas.uchile.cl/pyt-injertos-de-solanaceas/

- 1,500–5,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Mercado Vivo
  https://mercadovivoagroecologia.cl/wprod/producto/aji-cacho-de-cabra-fp/

- 1,500–5,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  TummelstaChili
  https://tummelstachili.com/capsicum-annuum/aji-cacho-de-cabra/

- 5,000–8,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Huerta Familiar
  https://huertafamiliar.cl/product/semilla-de-aji-cacho-cabra/

- 40,000–60,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Dinkos Semillas
  https://dinkos-semillas.com/shop/frutos-primavera/ajies/aji-cacho-de-cabra-chileno/

- 50,000–100,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Peruvian Roots Farm
  https://peruvianrootsfarm.com/products/cacho-de-cabra-pepper-seeds-traditional-chilean-hot-pepper-free-shipping

## Heritage

Landrace

Cacho de Cabra is a traditional landrace.

Chilean university work treats cacho de cabra as a place-kept annuum ecotype in Maule and La Araucanía, smoked for merkén. No source names a parent or a planned cross.

## Page sources

- [Pavón-Pérez et al. 2019 HPLC capsaicinoids in Chilean market peppers, including green and mature Cacho de cabra](https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072019000204475)
- [Muñoz-Concha et al. 2020, Agronomy: cacho de cabra as a Maule landrace of Capsicum annuum](https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/10/1541)
- [Leonelli et al. 2011, Idesia: merkén from local Mapuche ecotypes of Cacho de cabra in Araucanía and Maule](https://www.scielo.cl/pdf/idesia/v29n3/art17.pdf)
- [Universidad de Chile Laboratorio de Hortalizas characterization: ripe red fruit, 150.1 mm, 25,400 Scoville](https://www.hortalizas.uchile.cl/pyt-injertos-de-solanaceas/)
- [Cortés Belmar and Pertuzé Concha 2019, Universidad de Chile book on merkén de Santa Juana](https://libros.uchile.cl/1064)
- [Slow Food Ark of Taste: traditional horn-shaped chili, Mapuche use in La Araucanía](https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/en/ark-of-taste-slow-food/cacho-de-cabra-pepper/)
- [Sabores de Chile: local Capsicum annuum var. longum used by the Mapuche for merkén, green to red](https://saboresdechile.cl/productos/aji-cacho-de-cabra/)

## FAQ
### How hot is Cacho de Cabra?

Capsi’s sourced range is 2,504–20,368 SHU (Lab-verified; typical 11,436). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Cacho de Cabra taste like?

Sweet and lightly fruity when fresh, with a tang. Smoked and ground, it turns earthy and wood-smoke forward.

### How do I grow Cacho de Cabra?

Cacho de Cabra: about 80 days to maturity, hot dry climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Cacho de Cabra?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/cacho-de-cabra
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data