Baked Quail Eggs in Coconut Milk with Truffle Butter
Sunday, February 12, 2023It’s a quick and easy recipe that requires minimal ingredients and effort to make. Perfect as a breakfast or an appetizer served with your favourite crusty bread or even a salad for maximum enjoyment and flavour! If desired, add some bacon bits and cheese for extra flavour and texture.
I used black pepper from Kerala--home to the best peppers in the world, but you can use Tellicherry or Kampot.
Gluten Free Honey Tahini Cookies
Friday, February 10, 2023These delicious honey tahini cookies are both chewy and crisp and so easy to make. The rich tahini gives these cookies a addictively nutty, almost fudgy texture and earthy flavour while sesame seeds coating for extra crunch. They are grain-free, gluten-free, refined-sugar-free, egg-free and dairy-free. Will keep in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
White Chocolate Macadamia Truffles with Pink Pepperberries
Wednesday, February 08, 2023These chocolate truffles combine two favorite decadent ingredients – roasted salted macadamia nuts and white chocolate. Vanilla helps to enhance and balance the flavours of the white chocolate and macadamia nuts. It’s rich, creamy and delicious, and the contrast between the nutty saltiness of macadamia nuts to the sweetness of the creamy white chocolate truffle is totally irresistible. These are perfect for Valentine’s Day, Mother's Day or gifting to someone special.
Sweet, fruity with a peppery flavour, pink peppercorns, aka Schinus Berries, are either Peruvian Pepper (Schinus molle) or Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius). Both are very similar in flavour profile. They are actually not peppercorns at all and are not even related to the pepper nigrum plant. Pink peppercorns have a delicate, fragrant, sweet, and spicy flavour. They are reminiscent of a mild citrus zest and sweet berries. They are used to add a touch of both colour and flavour to many dishes, especially well in fruit sauces, in vinaigrette, desserts, fresh cheeses and chocolate, also ideal for soups, risottos and fish dishes.
Pan Seared Steak with Creamy Long Pepper Sauce
Monday, February 06, 2023A quick, creamy peppercorn sauce is the perfect accompaniment to steak, chicken, mushrooms, or even potatoes. Add a couple of tablespoons of brandy to the sauce for the extra flavour if desired. I used distinctive long pepper here, but regular black peppercorns work just as great. Another great alternative for the sauce would be bourbon smoked peppercorns, that would add some amazing smoky aroma and flavour.
Long pepper is a close relative of black pepper. As opposed to the small spheres of black pepper, the long pepper is 2-4cm long and conical, with tightly-clustered peppercorns. In India the long pepper is sometimes used in combination with other herbs in Ayurvedic medicine.
It has a sharp, warm and sweet flavour of liquorice and dark chocolate. It is sharper and more intense than traditional black pepper. Alongside the peppery spiciness, this amazing pepper delivers a taste similar to that of mixed spice thanks to the subtle hints of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cardamom. Long pepper can be used as whole, crushed in a mortar and pestle, or broken into pieces and put in a spice grinder. In sauces, broths or marinades, it can develop its slightly sweet flower scent. But with increasing cooking time, the sharpness increases too.
There are two types long pepper, India's piper longum, and piper retrofactum, which grows in Indonesia and tends to be cheaper and easier to find. It's not a common ingredient outside of India and southeast Asia, but it can be found online and in Asian markets.
Snow Peas with Chorizo and Eggs
Saturday, February 04, 2023Vitamin C rich, sweet snow peas add flavour and texture to many dishes, from quick stir-fries to salads and soups. Snow peas can be eaten raw or cooked. However, blanching snow peas will reduce the fibrousness of the edges of snow peas, and boost sweetness and brighten colour. Ready in 20 minutes, this is a light yet flavourful dinner you won't be able to resist.
Tellicherry and regular black pepper come from the same vine, but they are larger than regular black peppercorns. Unlike other black peppers, the Tellicherry is not immature but ripely picked. That's why Tellicherry peppercorns are more pungent and provide an increased complex flavor with added woodsy and citrus notes. It is considered one of the best pepper varieties in the world. Use these peppercorns to season meats, poultry, seafood, sauces, vegetables and desserts.