Botanical name - Pimenta dioica
Country of Origin - Jamaica
Common names: English Spice, Jamaica Pepper, Clove Pepper, Myrtle Pepper, Pimenta, Pimento, tout-épice, Jamikapfefer, pimiento de Jamaica, kabab cheene, seetful.
Allspice has a warm and sweetly pungent flavour like the combination described above with peppery overtones.
Traditionally, allspice has been used in cakes, fruit pies, puddings, ice cream and pumpkin pie and is a tasty derink if a little is sprinkled on hot milk and drank before retiring. Some Indian curries and pilaus contain allspice and in the Middle East it is used in meat and rice dishes.