Rare pepper with orange-red color and fruity aroma with a slightly spicy taste!
Grams: 50gr.
Red long pepper is an ancient, but relatively unknown spice.
It originates from India, and is used extensively in Ancient Greece and Rome as a medicinal and culinary ingredient.
They look like small, dried cones, like small pine nuts. Their flavor is warmer and deeper than black pepper with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and sometimes licorice.
They have a persistent spicy aftertaste, but not as "hot" as chili.
To use it, you break the peppercorns into pieces (with a mortar or grinder) before using them. They do not grind easily in a regular pepper mill.
Add them to broths or sauces for a more complex flavor, and in marinades for meat.
Also try in mulled wine or teas with cinnamon and cloves.
The laurel is found as a shrub or small tree.
Its smell is aromatic and its taste is a little bitter.
The leaves are used in cooking (it flavors foods like pulses but is removed after cooking and not eaten).
Its oil is used for hair strengthening.