They aren't peppercorns, but they have a peppery flavor.
They aren't pink, exactly, but rather red. Still, we call them "pink
peppercorns" and the French call them baie
rose which means "pink berry." In the U.S. we have a frozen
yogurt company called Pink Berry, but as far as I know this spice is not
available as a topping. But! If they only knew...
...that the berries of Schinus
molle, or Schinus terebinthifolius, both
species of the cashew tree family, have an incredible floral flavor - sweetly
rosy and peppery - but without the hot bite of true peppercorns. I would go to Pink Berry immediately if I knew they had spices like this as a
topping. But they aren't just good on ice-cream —
