Intensity 3/5
Deep crimson and sharply fruity — acidity you can sprinkle. It does what lemon does, without the liquid.
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BLACK LIME
Whole Limes · whole
Gulf style · Prototype provenance, unverified
Whole limes boiled in brine and dried until hollow and black. Pierce one, drop it in a stew, and it perfumes everything.
Aroma
Fermented Citrus • Smoke • Sour
Flavour
Musky • Intense • Savoury-sour
Intensity
Heat
40g
£13
1
Best with
StewsRiceFishBroth
Format
whole
Category
Sour & Citrus
Cuisine
Middle Eastern
Origin · Türkiye
Sun-dried chillies and tart red fruit.
Aleppo- and Urfa-style chillies are dried differently — one bright and fruity, the other sweated overnight until dark, raisined and faintly smoky. Sumac grows on the same hillsides.
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