Black Pepper
Black pepper is the dried fruit of Piper nigrum, used as a seasoning in Italian cooking.
- Plant
- Piper nigrum
- Ingredient
- Dried fruit
- Try it with
- Ribollita
The same plant, different peppers
Cannamela explains that black, white and green pepper come from the same plant with different harvesting and processing. Black pepper is made by drying the fruit until it darkens.
At the table
Visit Tuscany’s ribollita recipe includes black pepper. Taste the soup first, then add pepper to suit the finished bowl.
Cook with it
Tuscan roast pork loin (arista)
Wild boar stew
Agnolotti monferrini
Brodera: pork-rib risotto
Zucchini alla scapece
Acquasale with Salame Felino
Pendolon with Lamon beans and potatoes
Panzanella with tomatoes and cucumber
Tuscan kale and cannellini farinata
Passatelli in meat broth
Pici cacio e pepe with Pecorino Toscano
Agnolotti del Plin Burro e Salvia
