Francesca's Spices - Andaliman pepper, 15g

Andaliman pepper is a wild false pepper from the Sichuan pepper family, a rare evergreen plant that grows wild in the forests of northern Sumatra in Indonesia and it cannot be grown in an organized way, i.e. on a plantation. The manual and artisanal harvesting of this wild pepper is carried out only and exclusively by local populations in June and November using methods that do not damage the trees. The fruit is then dried on bamboo mats hung among the trees of the virgin forest; this procedure leads to about a 90% loss of its original weight, but also allows the berry to develop unique, strong and bursting sensory notes, harmoniously intertwined with kaffir lime, lemon, grapefruit, and karkadè (hibiscus), with a final note of mandarin and orange. Because of its citrus notes, Andaliman pepper pairs perfectly with fish, seafood and white meats, but it can also be used to make liqueurs or infusions.

Origin: Indonesia

Botanical name: zanthoxylum acanthopodium