White Pepper

White Pepper is made from ground white peppercorns.

Though it is not as pungent or spicy as the Black Peppercorns because the outer hull has been removed, it's because of that pungency being diminished that more of their wine-like aroma comes through. Professional cooks seem to prefer the subtler flavour of white pepper: it gets used in their kitchens about twelve times more than does black pepper.

White Ground Pepper is currently considered old-fashioned, though it may be experiencing the first frissons of a revival.

Cooking Tips for White Pepper

It is very useful in "white" or light-coloured dishes in which you don't want black stuff looking like fly-specks, and White Pepper is perfect for that. It is also better than black pepper at enhancing other tastes without competing with them.

Recipe Suggestions

Delmonico Potatoes (1), Gougères, Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes, Strawberry and Olive Salad

Also called:

Poivre blanc (French); Weißer Pfeffer (German); Pepe bianco (Italian); Pimienta blanca (Spanish)

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