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Grains Of Paradise Whole Spice

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Grains Of Paradise Spice Standard Jar - 60g e £5.50
Grains Of Paradise Whole Spice

Steenbergs Grains Of Paradise are a type of cardamom that was used for many years as a pepper substitute - isn't the name just plain mysterious and delicious sounding, but I'm sorry these little beauties will not change your consciousness.  Grains of paradise are indigenous to the West Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola. Grains of Paradise are sometimes called Melegueta Pepper which refers back to an old empire - Melle - inhabited by the Mandingos in the upper Niger region between Mauritania and Sudan. Although called pepper and used as a pepper substitute in the Middle Ages, grains of paradise are actually a member of the ginger and cardamom family. The seeds of grains of paradise are brown, small seeds that are 2mm in diameter. The taste of grains of paradise is initially piney then peppery, hot, biting and numbing. Similarly, a lingering camphor flavour with notes of turpentine can be detected. They are rare in European cooking nowadays, but grains of paradise are used to spice beer especially in traditional Belgian beers and Axel Steenberg has incorporated into the North African qalat daqqa spice mix.

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