Sansho– tag –

Sansho powder is a raw material made by drying and then finely powdering the pericarp of sansho. It is intended for uses such as blending into shichimi togarashi, mapo sauce bases, flavoring for tsukudani, Japanese-style seasoning, and confectionery accents, spreading the citrus-like aroma and numbing flavor unique to sansho uniformly...

Dried sansho is a commercial material made from sansho (genus Zanthoxylum, family Rutaceae). It is characterized by a sharp pungency, a tingling that lingers on the tongue, and a fresh, citrus-like aroma; the pungency and tingling come from sanshool, a compound contained in the pericarp. At Agriture...

粉山椒の小瓶が、うなぎを食べたとき以外に開かれないまま台所にある。よくある話です。 先に結論を書きます。山椒は年に4回、違う姿で出回る作物です。春の木の芽、4月の花山椒、5月の実山椒、秋の完熟した実。それぞれ向く料理が違います。「山椒＝うな...

That fragrant powder sprinkled over grilled eel is sansho powder (powdered sansho). Because it lets you easily add a refreshing aroma and a lingering tongue tingle without adding moisture, inquiries such as "I want to use domestic sansho powder in small lots" and "I'm looking for a powder with a pronounced aroma" are increasing...

麻婆豆腐のレシピに「花椒」と書いてあって、家にあるのは粉山椒。代用していいのか迷う。あるいは「ホアジャオ」「ホワジャオ」と表記がばらばらで、同じものを指しているのかどうかが分からない。 先に結論を書きます。山椒と花椒は、同じ属の別の植物で...

Fresh green sansho, which appears in early summer, is prized for its tingly numbness and refreshing aroma. But once you buy it, prepping comes first, and many people are unsure—"what do I do with the stems?", "how long do I boil it to remove the bitterness?", "how do I store it so it keeps for a year?" On this page, we cover prepping green sansho...

Sansho is essential to eel, mapo tofu, and chirimen sansho. But even under the single name "sansho," it comes in various forms—green sansho, powdered sansho, and kinome—and people often wonder "what's the difference between green sansho and powdered sansho?" or "is it different from huajiao?" It's a spice that represents Japan, defined by its aroma and numbing tingle...