Black <tc>Kampot</tc> pepper PGI

Black Kampot Pepper is flavorful and sharp. Its easy-to-combine flavor profile makes black kampot into the ideal pepper for rubs, marinades, and in spice blends with pepper.

Kampotpepper, which in Khmer Mrech Kampot is called, is named after Kampot, a place and region in southern Cambodia. The peppers are derived from small-leaved pepper plants of the Piper variety lampong or large-leaved plants of the variety kamchay.

Other peppers of the type lampong are the Muntok pepper from Indonesian Bangka and Sarawak pepper from Borneo. Lampong-peppers bear somewhat smaller berries than most peppersears, often different sizes mixed together.

The black Kampot Pepper is made from the predominantly unripe berry. Characteristic of the Kampot are the taste and scent notes of flowers, eucalyptus, and mint.

Kampot Pepper is often called the world's best pepper, a reputation built during the Indochinese era, when Cambodian pepper was the star in every self-respecting French restaurant. Kampot is included in the 'Ark of Taste'.

Our Kampot peppers They come from one of the many small family businesses with a pepper plantation. These belong to farmers who, after the fall of the Khmer Rouge and the withdrawal of the Vietnamese, started growing pepper again instead of rice. Because the Khmer Rouge had focused all its efforts on rice cultivation, pepper cultivation in Cambodia had virtually been lost.

Pepper is cultivated there using centuries-old methods. The land is still irrigated in the traditional way, without the use of pesticides. Only natural plant resources and crayfish, which are found on a large scale on the many rice paddies in the area, are used to fertilize the land.

Developments

In addition to the protected Kampot Recently, you see more and more IPG pepper being offered on the European market that does come from this region, but is outside the quality control of Kampot Pepper Association om.

Usage

Combine black kampot with red meat, fatty fish, brown sauces, tomato dishes, vegetables, or white cheese. Delicious with fruit, and chocolate desserts such as mousses and fondants.

Features:

• 100% peppercorns from Piper nigrum
• protected by the European PGI label (international: PGI)
• origin: region Kampot, Cambodia
  

Assortment

• available in glass (60 grams), stand-up pouch (various weight classes) and test tube (10 ml)
• larger quantities than shown on request

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• batch number **KG630445
• best before September 2029 (09-2029)
• This expiration date is an indication.