Piper longum

Long pepper

Pepper, pale cinnamon, a dried flower.

Where it comes from. India and Indonesia. Before round pepper, this was the pepper of European tables: hot, sweet, a little incense.

The mistake everyone makes. Treating it like mill pepper. Grate the whole spike at the end, like a hot nutmeg.

An unexpected Italian use. On a poached egg, in capon broth, over ricotta, in chocolate.

The recipe. Tagliolini, butter, long pepper, pecorino, lemon zest. Cacio e pepe you did not expect.

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