Long Pepper - Indian/Balinese/Java/Pippali *Various Sizes Available* (50g)

Description

Size Name:50g Product description The long pepper has been used for centuries in Mediterranean, African, Indian, Asian and Indonesian cooking, although it has almost fallen into obscurity in the past few hundred years. The long pepper comes from a flowering vine with large catkin flowers. Within each flower are small black spikes that are the actual pepper. It has been reported that Attila the Hun demanded part of the ransom for his sacking of Rome to be paid in long peppers. Used as a spice for a variety of dishes, or as a substitute for regular black pepper. On a global scale, it has been used in pickles, preserves, curries, soups, sauces, or ground up and tossed with fresh fruit. In flavor it is much more complex than black pepper, more akin to spice blends like garam masala - more than a single spice. It possesses black pepper's heat and musk, but in a less harsh, more nuanced way, tempered by sweet notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cardamom. Long pepper's complexity takes well to ingredients with unusual, nuanced flavors, such as spring favorites like artichokes, asparagus, and mushrooms. Works well in Indian, Asian, Malaysian dishes, rubs and glazes for all red meat or simply ground on top of your crab sandwhich. Because of its more blended taste Long pepper is also the perfect complementary spice for sweet dishes and salads. Ingredients Piper Retrofractum