Green Sechuan Pepper

Ingredient: Zanthoxylum Piperitum Origin: China Net volumes and weights: 50ml / 20g /0.70oz Description: This is the same berry as the red Sichuan but this one is picked before maturity. This elegant shrub, similar to the ash, is native to China and produces clusters of small red fruits that are harvested in the fall and dried in the sun. What differentiates green Sichuan pepper from red is above all its astonishing freshness. The nose releases notes of eucalyptus and lemongrass, aromas marked by citrus fruits halfway between lime and combava. There are also subtle notes of green tea and dried flowers. On the palate it is a festival of citrus fruits and a dominant freshness which gives way to tangy notes of cherry reminiscent of certain sweets, a nice length in the mouth and a sensation of numbing characteristic of Zanthoxylum. Directions for use: Its fruity notes naturally predestinate it with seafood, shellfish, white-fleshed fish and white meats, lamb, guinea fowl, pigeon, quality pork or fine veal chop. He likes sweet and salty cuisines. It gives a very exotic note to fruity desserts of citrus fruits, cherry, pear, quince, green apple, lychee, mangosteen, and goes well with mousses, sorbets, ice creams, creams.