GREEN SZECHUAN BERRIES 50g

The green Szechuan berries contain a great freshness and floral aromas similar to those of jasmine.
Dried and ground, crushed, infused or toasted, they combine well with seafood and broths and are explosive with chocolate.

Cultivated in Asia, the Szechuan berry is named for its preferred region, Szechuan (or Sichuan), in China.
The reddish foliage shrub creates small berries.
First green, they turn red and then darken with maturity.
Then they open themselves to drop the two seeds they contain... and offer us their tasty wrapper!

The Szechuan berry was already prized in ancient China for its mixture of freshness and heat, potency and aphrodisiac properties; it is even said to have perfumed the walls of the "pepper rooms" of Chang' an Palace with its captivating scent.
It made its appearance in Europe in the 13th century when Marco Polo imported it into Venice, where he seduced cooks and perfumed all the dishes, before falling into culinary oblivion.
It was in the 19th century that the Szechuan berry came back strongly.

Applications:
Its aromas of green lemon, together with notes of dried flowers and sour cherries, will perfectly match a duck foie gras micuit, a frying pan of green asparagus or a chocolate moelleux.
To be used in recipes with fish, seafood, and cheese.

Mode of use:
Szechuan berries are used whole, ground, infused, crushed.