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Butcher Cut Black Peppercorns
Our Butcher-Cut Black Peppercorns are an essential seasoning, highly aromatic with a crisp, robust flavor that complements just about any dish.
- Cut to a medium-size grind (US #14 mesh)
- Ideal for seasoning meat, poultry or seafood
- Naturally gluten free
Basic Prep
Ready to use. Add to taste.
Suggested Uses
- Excellent for seasoning meat, poultry or seafood prior to grilling, roasting or sautéing
- An ideal grind for use in curing and smoking meats, as well as sausage-making
- Sprinkle on top of salads, pasta, cooked vegetables or sauces
- Great in vinaigrettes and creamy salad dressings
- Pepper loses its flavor when cooked for long periods of time, so add close to the end of cooking time
Description
Black Peppercorns come from the common pepper plant (Piper nigrum), a flowering tropical plant that produces tiny berries.
These berries can be harvested and processed at various stages of their maturity to achieve different flavors and colors.
Black peppercorns are harvested at full maturity, but before they ripen. When picked, they are somewhere between green and yellow.
They are next briefly boiled and then allowed to dry and ferment until they become wrinkled, black and very aromatic, with a moderately hot, pungent flavor.
Our Butcher-Cut Black Peppercorns are the ideal grind for coating cured and smoked meats like salami.
Used when an intense black pepper flavor is needed, it is a delicious complement to other strong flavors like garlic and fennel.
Storage & handling
Store in cool, dry place.
Ingredients
Black Peppercorns.