Whole peppercorns
Whole peppercorns are the dried, uncracked berries of Piper nigrum, sold with their pungent seed intact. They season cured sausages such as Genoa-style salami and soppressata di Calabria beside a ground pepper.
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Timur fruit
Timur is recorded as a spice made from fruit in a Nepal study and government growing guide. Sources describe regional cultivation and nursery guidance, but their flowering and planting calendars conflict and do not validate a household food process.
Peppercorns (unspecified)
Whole peppercorns are crushed for their texture, aroma and pungency. A recipe that leaves their type unnamed does not establish a species, colour or growing origin.
Black peppercorns
Black peppercorns are dried fruits of Piper nigrum, valued for piperine pungency and volatile aroma; whole peppercorns season Peter Kuruvita's lime pickle.
White pepper
White pepper is the ripe fruit of Piper nigrum with its outer fruit wall retted or stripped away, leaving a pale, smooth peppercorn. It seasons pale sauces and soups and three linked cured sausages.
Black pepper
Black pepper is the dried fruit of Piper nigrum, a tropical climbing vine, used whole, cracked or ground for its pungency and aromatic oils.