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Wild Assam Pepper

Wild Assam Pepper
Ingredients: Wild Assam Pepper (Piper peepuloides)
Herbaceous with notes of wood and humus. Delicate, fresh taste. Best with fishes and fruits compotes.
Novelty
€9.80 50 g

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Wild Assam pepper reveals delicate fragrances of wood and humus, and also tea. The taste has the ambivalence of woody notes and fresh notes evoking aromatic herbs and cardamom. Not pungent, the wild Assam pepper is an excellent seasoning for fish (mackerel, sardines, red mulet...), vegetables and broths. Delicious with a compote of apples.
  • Allergens Absent, except for cross-contamination.
    May contain traces of sesame, celery, mustard, soy.
  • Origin Nepal
  • Storage / Use In a cool, dark, dry place.
€196 / kg

Olivier Rœllinger's words

Everything about this pepper is truly unique: its shape, its herbal aroma, and its very specific taste. Both fresh and delicate, it is reminiscent of Japanese dashi and Chinese Pu’er teas, though with a mild pepper finish.
I use it on steamed winter root vegetables such as carrots, Jerusalem artichokes, parsnip, and turnip-rooted chervil. I also like to bring flavor to vegetable broths with one or two crushed peppercorns.

Story

Wild pepper Assam is originated from actual Assam, Nepal and Buthan. Wild pepper Assam is spontaneous in the forest spread on the foothills of Himalaya.


The scientific name is Piper peepuloides. Wild Assam pepper or wild round pepper belongs to Piper longum in the family of Piperaceae. When the wild round pepper is dried, it looks like a small blackberry.
We selected a wild Assam pepper that is hand-picked in the forests in Nepal, 1000 meters above the sea level.


In Nepal, communities use the wild pepper for medicinal and cooking uses. In traditional Nepalese cooking, wild Assam pepper is used to cook vegetables, meat and pickles.