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Allspice (Jamaican Pepper) (Pimenta
dioica)
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Allspice is
a highly aromatic dried berry named because its flavour resembles a
combination of pepper, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
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Allspice is
the dried fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant. The fruit is picked green and
unripe. It is then sun dried until it becomes brown like peppercorns.
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For the best
flavour, buy whole dried fruits and grind them as required, rather than
buying ground allspice.
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Allspice
leaves are also used in traditional recipes in much the same way as bay
leaves, but they don't keep in the way that bay leaves do.
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