TERRE EXOTIQUE Red Kampot peppers, 50 g.

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€ 11.20 PVM

When this red Kampot pepper is crushed with a pestle, it gives off wonderful notes of fruit and menthol. Red Kampot peppers are softer than traditional black peppers. They are used to flavor meat, fish, poultry, pasta, pizza, shellfish or desserts. Perfect for salad dressings. Use this pepper after lightly crushing it in mortar.

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Red Kampoto peppers are obtained by picking red berries that are fully ripe. In Kampot, only the picked red berries are soaked in boiling water and then immediately immersed in ice water.

Kampot Pepper was first mentioned in the Kingdom of Angkor. Written records can be traced in the travel journal of the 13th century explorer Tcheou Ta Kouanau.

Chinese immigrants from the Hainan region are believed to have brought pepper to Kampot. They already grew pepper in China.

During the colonial period, these peppers reached their peak of fame and became a major export of Cambodian food. 1975 The Khmer Rouge reduced pepper cultivation to almost zero and began growing rice.

2009 Kampot pepper became the first Cambodian pepper to obtain Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status.