Tasmannia stipitata
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| Tasmannia stipitata (Vick.) A.C. Smith |
Tasmannia stipitata, Dorrigo Pepper or Northern Pepperbush is a rainforest shrub of temperate forests of the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Leaves are fragrant, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 8-13 cm long. Dark bluish to mauve berries follow the flowers on female shrubs. The species is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
[edit] Culinary Use
The culinary qualities of T. stipitata were discovered in the mid-1980s by horticulturist, Peter Hardwick, who gave it the name 'Dorrigo pepper'. It was subsequently used as a gourmet spice by Jean-Paul Bruneteau in Rowntress Restaurant, Sydney.
Dorrigo pepper has a woody peppery note in the leaves and fruit/seed. The hot peppery flavor is derived from polygodial, an essential oil component.
[edit] References
- Bruneteau, Jean-Paul, Tukka - Real Australian Food, ISBN 0207189668
- Harden, G.J., Flora of New South Wales, Volume 1, ISBN 086840164
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