Steenbergs Organic Pink Pepper

Steenbergs Organic Pink Pepper is a berry either from Brazil or Madgascar, or nearby islands. Organic Pepper Pepper has a sweet, warm, fresh and camphorous flavour and a sweet and pine-like aroma. It has a deep pinky-red colour.

Organic Pink Pepper is not a true pepper but has a faintly peppery flavour and a sweet, fresh, piney sharpness that is pleasing but not sensational. Use pink pepper like juniper so with rich and gamey foods like venison.

The Pink Pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius, is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. In autumn, white flowers and berries that ripen to bright red. The berries are harvested when ripe, then dried, brined, or freeze-dried.

Axel’s tasting notes: Aroma: Light scent that is lively fruity and vegetal, with spiciness of coriander and pine, and herby blackcurrant leaves. Flavour: Gentle and sweet at start, with pine-like woodiness and a hint of pepper, and a bitter ending. No heat.

Food pairing: Feathered game, pork, poultry, braised veal, butter sauce for asparagus and broad beans, chive-infused cheese, dark chocolate, sauces for langoustines, lobster, meaty fish and veal.

We like pink pepper berries added to chocolate sauces or crushed and fried with steak (we use vegan steaks but beef steaks will be great as well).