What is a Pepperdew?
It all began when Cooksister posted on a recipe which included pepperdews. I became involved in a discussion about where to find pepperdews in USA, and since then I have received emails from people curious about Pepperdews.
What is a Pepperdew?
Search google and what do you get? Only 244 hits. Most are hits of on line recipes that include pepperdews as ingredients. I have been unable to find out any other information such as where are they grown? What are they? And where can I find them?
Pepperdews are quite common in South Africa and can be bought usually in a bottle marinated in a delicious sauce. You can use them in salads, curries, chili dishes or just by themselves.
They look like cherry tomatoes, but have a thinner skin. They are usually sold in halves and look like round cherry like peppers. They taste sweet and peppery. I don’t know if they are related to chillies.
In the USA they can be found at a Whole Foods or a Wild Oats. They are usually by the olive cart section. Look for the label that says "Pepperdews Made in South Africa."
Every time I stop by a Whole Foods I immediately go to the olive cart section to get some pepperdews. (The Whole Foods in Boulder is especially good at stocking them.)
9 responses to “On Pepperdews”
Pepperdew is the first new fruit to be discovered in 25 years. It is grown in the Limpopo region of South Africa and is imported into the UK where it is sold in most supermarkets.
The fruit itself is naturally spicy, but also sweet and it is packed in a salt/ sugar /vinegar /brine-
The plant is quite peculiar in as much that it grows very tall and bushy, the fruits develop from capicum like flowers are green then turn balck and then turn red, when they are picked by hand. A necessity due to the different stages of crop growth on the plant at any one time.
Hope that helps
Gillian Russell
Can anybody help me find some pepperdew seeds either in or that post to Australia ?
Thanks,
Gray
i am looking for these peppers here in new york. I live on long island and I had them at a fair, and I can not find them here anyplace. Ido not know where to go. Do you know where I can find them on line. Felicia
I buy them at wegmans. they always have some seeds in them so i m going to try to grow some.
If anyone has the pepperdew seeds or has grown pepperdews, please tell me where I can get the seeds. Thanks Bill
Hi,
I am from South Africa and love Pepperdews – but am now in Canada and have been trying to find them here. To my surprise the other day I found something at the local super market called: Sweet Piquant Peppers. They look and smell and taste like Pepperdews. Do you know if its the same thing?
I was recently in Bris. Aus. and had the most wonderful stuffed pepperdews. I have searched the web for a recipe but have had no luck. Any suggestions? I bought the feta but don’t know what else is in it. Thanks.
So does anyone have any advice how to pickle the Pepperdews. I have a rather large tree growing and I hate seeing all the fruit going to waste.
South Africa, Guateng
do you have any seeds