Also known as Balinese or Bengal pepper long pepper looks like
Long Pepper 100g
Ref: ING191
Also known as Balinese or Bengal pepper, long pepper looks like a small thin catkin and can be grated or crushed. The long peppers have a beautiful sweet scent and a very hot, almost numbing heat that belies the innocent initial sweetness. Highly prized as far back as the Romans, long pepper has fallen into obscurity. Before the arrival of the chilli in India which was introduced by the Portuguese, long pepper was one of the main flavourings used to add heat to food but the cheaper chilli with better keeping qualities and being easier to grow spelt the end for long pepper producers. It is still used in small quantities in India both in cooking and medicines and is known in spice blends in North Africa.

Price: £8.95