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Pennsylvania Pepper
There's something almost magical yet incredibly simple about a top quality gourmet pepper blend like our Pennsylvania Pepper. Just about everybody grew up with those familiar salt and pepper shakers on their tables (while the shape of the shakers would vary from house to house the ingredients inside didn't). We've had both home cooks and some of our wholesale restaurant customers fall head over heels in love with this gourmet pepper blend and we've heard from more than a few who've made our Pennsylvania Pepper a permanent replacement to the ground pepper and even peppermills on their kitchen and dining room tables.Black pepper, Piper Nigrum, is the most traded spice in the world. It is ubiquitous in the modern world as a seasoning and pepper derives its spicy heat from the chemical compound piperine. Black pepper contains between 4.6% and 9.7% piperine by volume (white pepper contains a bit more than that). By weight refined piperine is about one percent as hot as the capsaicin compound found in chile peppers (this is the chemical that makes chile peppers hot).
The Story Behind Our Pennsylvania Pepper
Pennsylvania Pepper was the second blend that we created from scratch when we first started our business back in 2008 (the first was our Manzanillo Seasoning). Prior to starting Spices Inc we of course placed orders with many of the company's that we felt would be our competitors and came across a pepper blend that we liked so much that it inspired me to start experimenting in the kitchen (which in 2008 was actually our home kitchen as our "facility" was on the 3rd floor of our house) to create one for us to sell.I've never been one of those that craves salt and because of that my taste buds can pick up even the tiniest amount of salt in just about anything. So when creating this blend I also set out to make sure that it was salt free to boot. While we didn't know it at the time this was also the start of what would turn out to be our very comprehensive selection of salt free seasonings.
Today Pennsylvania Pepper is one of our signature blends; one of the most popular samples that we send out to first time customers; is one of our most reviewed products and also one that is most likely to be shared by our customers with close friends and family.
Flavor Profile
In addition to the peppery flavor that you'd expect, you'll also pick up hints of garlic and even some gentle sweet notes provided by the green and roasted red bell peppers.This is our most popular salt free seasoning blend and it's stuffed full of zesty flavor without being hot! In addition to being salt free it's also is sugar free!
Cooking with Pennsylvania Pepper
We use Pennsylvania Pepper on everything from grilled burgers, baked or grilled chicken, fish, scrambled eggs, omelettes, roasted, grilled or steamed vegetables and sprinkled on salads.Some of our favorite recipes using Pennsylvania Pepper are Italian Wedding Soup, Grilled Vegetable Sandwich and Wild Salmon with Romesco Sauce.
What's In It
Hand blended in small batches with black pepper, onion, garlic, roasted red bell pepper, green bell pepper and celery seed.Read More
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