Assam pepper

How to cook with Assam pepper?

Its rich taste makes it a perfect seasoning for grilled meats, Indian curries, or even spicy soups. It is also excellent for flavoring sauces, marinades, and salad dressings. You can also use it to flavor vegetable dishes, rice pilafs or even desserts like fruit compotes or creams. This pepper is also perfect in spice blends, especially for curry blends.

Some recipe ideas for cooking with Assam pepper

• - Eggplant curry with Assam pepper: saute eggplants and add Assam pepper to give a warm dimension to your curry. Add coconut milk for a creamy touch;
• - Grilled Fish with Assam Pepper: Brush fish fillets with a mixture of Assam pepper, ginger, coriander and lemon, then grill for a light and spicy dish;
• - Applesauce with Assam pepper: Add Assam pepper to your applesauce for a spicy and fruity touch that enriches the flavor of the dessert.
• Discover the recipe for pan-fried winter vegetables
• Here is a recipe for Assam pepper brownie

The aromas of Assam pepper

On the palate, it surprises with its tasty blend of spiciness and freshness combined with an electric touch reminiscent of Brèdes Mafanes.

Around the botany of Assam pepper

The province of Assam is located in the northeast of India, between Bangladesh, Burma, Bhutan, China. It experiences some of the harshest climatic cycles on the planet with monsoons of incredible power. Assam pepper thrives on these climatic changes and the rich, fertile lands. Its aromas demonstrate a concentration of exceptional essential oils. All production stages (harvesting, washing, drying, sorting) are entirely manual, which makes it a rare pepper.

The history of Assam pepper

The conquest of pepper is linked to the discovery of India, Africa and the new world since it was while searching for pepper that Christopher Columbus discovered… America! So when Vasco da Gama reached India in 1498, the merchants asked him what he was doing and he replied: “to look for Christians and spices!” The origin of its name comes from the Sanskrit “pippali” and the Latin piper. The first pepper vines came from the west coast of India and more precisely from the Malabar coast. It appears there in wild form more than 4000 years ago.

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