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Spice: Shichimi Togarashi (Japanese Pepper)

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Chef Cherie carries more than 50 different types of hot and spicy, including peppers, peppercorns, hot paprikas, chilies. and spicy blends. One of our favorite peppers is the Japanese Pepper – Shichimi Togarashi.  This savory-spicy pepper, which literally means “seven flavor chili pepper,” can vary by region, cooks and custom blends. Chef Cherie’s recipe is blended with chili pepper, orange peel, black sesame seed, white sesame seed, Japanese pepper, ginger, seaweed. 

To further fuel your Shichimi Togarashi enthusiasm here are recipes using the Japanese pepper.

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“Sexy, Smokey, Exotic and Downright Hot” Spice Gift Set #3!

They say the way to your lovers heart is through his/her stomach! Well for Valentine’s Day why not temp the one you love with one of our sexy, smokey, exotic, hot spice kits?

exotic Pepper gift setToday we are featuring our Exotic Peppers Gift Set.  Our gift set features a world tour of peppers. Contains Szechuan Peppercorns (China), Green Szechuan Peppercorns (China), Shichimi Togarashi (Japan), Urfa Pepper (Turkey) & Aleppo Pepper (Syria). How about adding a  little “exotic heat” to your dinner tonight?!

Our Spice Sets come in 5 – 2 oz tins wrapped in a sleeve of netting and tied with ribbons of raffia.

Chef Cherie’s Exotic Peppers Gift Set