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Tart with figs, feta, caramelised onions, thyme and pink peppercorns

by the other food interpreter

Pink peppercorns are not really peppercorns; it is a fake identity. They are the berries of Schinus molle, a tree native in South America. They somehow made the journey in the spice business from west to east – not from east to west. The tree now thrives in several lands and can can be found even in Zappeion in the center of Athens, near...

August 23, 2020
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August 23, 2020

Tart with figs, feta, caramelised onions, thyme and pink peppercorns

Pink peppercorns are not really peppercorns; it is a fake identity. They are the berries of Schinus molle, a...

by the other food interpreter
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