Green Peppercorn Asparagus

Picked before ripening, green peppercorns have a verdant grassiness. The spicy piperine in the berries hasn’t fully developed, meaning you can use them in a greater quantity than when dried to black. The heat is still sharp, pronounced and interesting, though, here matched with a salty- sweet dressing glazing stir-fried asparagus.

The Thai name for the fresh peppercorns, prik Thai, means literally ‘Thai chilli’, revealing its position for millennia before the American immigrant spic