Our sweet and floral blue poppy seeds are harvested in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey's center of opium poppy cultivation for millennia. Perfect for adding a rich, nutty flavor to baked goods and pastries, but also for adding texture and richness to savory dishes like roasted vegetables and fish, salad dressings, dips and anything else you can think of.
- Origin: Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
- Process: Sun-dried
- Ingredients: 100% blue poppy seeds (Papaver somniferum)
- Tasting notes: Dried Violets • Hazelnuts • Plums
COOKING
- Lemon poppy seed baked goods like muffins, cookies, and cakes
- Top pumpkin or carrot soup with a handful of poppy seeds
- Mix into your vinaigrette for extra complexity
- In Lemon Poppy Seed Sugar Cookies (community recipe)
- In Radish Salad with Blue Poppy Seed Dressing (community recipe)
- Pairs well with: Desert Fennel, Cloud Forest Cardamom, Allspice Berries
SOURCING
We source our poppy seeds from small farms around the city of Afyonkarahisar in central Turkey. The city is so integral to the history of poppy cultivation that the name of the city translates literally to “Poppy Black Fortress.” Poppies have been cultivated there for millennia for culinary, medicinal and recreational applications.
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United StatesDefinitely deliciously delightful. Made loaves of no knead bread. The Blue Poppyseeds gave it the visual appeal to put it over the top.
United StatesI have been using burlap & barrels spices for a year now. Couldn’t find fresher spices anywhere in the states! My food suddenly looks and tastes vibrant!
United StatesBaked lemon poppy seed loaf and seeded burger buns when these! Delicious!
United StatesThe first thing I made with my blue poppy seeds were muffins. They were delicious ....totally love the product!
United StatesI love them and use it to bake a lemon poppy seed cake. I also have tried to use by grinding in fish curries and Love them!