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Skeppshult Pestle & Mortar.
Swedish company Skeppshult (pronounced “hep-salt”) has been making cast iron products by hand since 1906. Its contemporary square pestle and mortar has a robust simplicity of design, while the pestle’s walnut handle is incredibly tactile and easy to grip — perfect for pounding your dry pan-warmed peppercorns to make cacio e pepe […]
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The products made by the Swedish company Skeppshult (pronounced “hep-salt”) have a robust simplicity of design. Here at The Obsessive, we believe that every country has a recognisable aesthetic style – and Skeppshult products are just so Swedish. Like an old Volvo or Saab, they look functional, indestructible and yet also beautiful.
This contemporary square design pestle and mortar will fit easily into your cupboard. The weight of both pestle and mortar feels substantial, while the pestle’s walnut handle is incredibly tactile and easy to grip – perfect for pounding your dry pan-warmed peppercorns to make cacio e pepe.
Skeppshult has been making cast iron products by hand since 1906. The process starts with raw iron, which is heated to a searing 1,500°C in a furnace. Then the molten metal is cast into special moulds made from sand, which can withstand the extreme temperatures.
Sand moulds can only be used once, and therefore no two items are the same. Each sand mould is recycled after use and then used to make another product. The company seasons its cast iron with rapeseed oil (also called canola oil) from Österlen, to protect it from damage. This gives the cast iron its natural non-stick properties.
To cap it all, Skeppshult’s cast iron range is environmentally friendly too, as it’s all made in a foundry powered with electricity from wind and hydropower only.
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