The core spice in Caribbean Cooking
Allspice, also called Jamaica pepper, pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, pimento, or newspice, is the dried unripe fruit (“berries”, used as a spice)
The dried, unripe berries from the pimento tree are used extensively in Jamaican cooking and give food a distinctive Jamaican flavour. Pimento berries are an important ingredient for Jamaican favourites such as escoveitched fish and jerk chicken.
