Spice mix
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Spice
A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...
s or herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s. When a certain combination of herbs or spices is called for in many different recipe
Recipe
A recipe is a set of instructions that describe how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish.-Components:Modern culinary recipes normally consist of several components*The name of the dish...
s (or in one recipe that is used frequently), it is convenient to blend these ingredients beforehand. Blends such as chili powder, curry powder
Curry powder
Curry powder is a mixture of spices of widely varying composition based on South Asian cuisine. Curry powder, and the contemporary English use of the word curry are Western inventions and do not reflect any specific Indian food, though a similar mixture of spices used in north India is called...
, herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence
Herbes de Provence is a mixture of dried herbs typical of Provence. Formerly simply a descriptive term referring to herbs typical of Provence, in the 1970s, commercial blends started to be sold under this name....
, garlic salt
Garlic salt
Garlic salt is a flavored salt used as food seasoning made of a mixture of dried ground garlic and table salt with an anti-caking agent...
, and onion salt are traditionally sold pre-made by grocer
Grocer
A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, pepper, sugar, and cocoa, tea and coffee...
s, and sometimes baking blends such as pumpkin pie spice are also available. These spice mixes are also easily made by the home cook for later use.
Common blends and sample recipes
For recipes of spice mixes see the mixed spice section in wikibooks- Apple piePieA pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients....
spice, usually cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspiceAllspiceAllspice, also called Jamaica pepper, pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or newspice, is a spice that is the dried unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica , a mid-canopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world... - BaharatBaharatBahārāt is a spice mixture or blend used in Arab cuisine, especially in the Mashriq area, as well as in Turkish and Iranian cuisine. Bahārāt is the Arabic word for 'spices'...
, used throughout the LevantLevantThe Levant or ) is the geographic region and culture zone of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt" . The Levant includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and sometimes parts of Turkey and Iraq, and corresponds roughly to the... - BerbereBerbereBerbere is a spice mixture whose ingredients usually include chile peppers, garlic, ginger, dried basil, korarima, rue, white and black pepper, and fenugreek...
, an Ethiopian blend - Chili powder
- Chinese Five-spice powderFive-spice powderFive-spice powder is a mixture of five spices endemic to Chinese cuisine, but also used in other Asian cookery as well.-Formulae:The formulae are based on the Chinese philosophy of balancing the yin and yang in food. There are many variants. The most common is bajiao , cloves, cinnamon, huajiao ...
, a blend of cassia, star anise, cloves, and two other spices - Curry powderCurry powderCurry powder is a mixture of spices of widely varying composition based on South Asian cuisine. Curry powder, and the contemporary English use of the word curry are Western inventions and do not reflect any specific Indian food, though a similar mixture of spices used in north India is called...
- Fines herbesFines herbesFines herbes is a combination of herbs that forms a mainstay of Mediterranean cuisine. The ingredients of fines herbes are fresh parsley, chives, tarragon and chervil. These "fine herbs" are not the pungent and resinous herbs that appear in a bouquet garni – which, unlike fines herbes, release...
- Garam masalaGaram masalaGaram masala is a blend of ground spices common in North Indian and other South Asian cuisines. It is used alone or with other seasonings. The word garam refers to intensity of the spices rather than capsaicin content...
, South Asian savory spice blend - Garlic saltGarlic saltGarlic salt is a flavored salt used as food seasoning made of a mixture of dried ground garlic and table salt with an anti-caking agent...
- Goda masala, South Asian sweet spice blend
- Herbes de ProvenceHerbes de ProvenceHerbes de Provence is a mixture of dried herbs typical of Provence. Formerly simply a descriptive term referring to herbs typical of Provence, in the 1970s, commercial blends started to be sold under this name....
, a Provençal blend of thyme, marjoram, rosemary, basil, bay leaf, and sometimes lavender - HawaijHawaijHawaij , also spelled Hawayej or Hawayij is the name given to a variety of Yemenite ground spice mixtures used primarily for soups and coffee...
, Yemenite ground spice mixtures used primarily for soups and coffee - Kaala masalaKaala masalaKaala masala is a Maharashtrian dish. The Maharashtra region has quite few varieties of masala which distingues Maharashtrian food from other aromas and flavours of India. Stronger and spicier flavours are significant aspects of Maharashtra...
, South Asian black spice blend - Khmeli suneliKhmeli suneliKhmeli suneli is a traditional Georgian spicy herbs mixture...
, a blend used in Georgia and the Caucasus region - Lemon pepperLemon pepperLemon pepper is a seasoning made from granulated lemon zest and cracked black peppercorns. The lemon zest is mashed with the pepper to allow the citrus oil to infuse into the pepper. This mix is then baked and dried and can be used on meats and pasta, although it was originally used primarily for...
- Mixed spiceMixed spiceMixed spice, also called pudding spice, is a British blend of sweet spices, similar to the pumpkin pie spice used in the United States. Cinnamon is the dominant flavour, with nutmeg and allspice...
or pudding spice, a British blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and other spices - Montreal steak seasoningMontreal steak seasoningMontreal steak seasoning, also known as Montreal steak spice, Canadian steak seasoning or Canadian steak spice is a spice mix used to flavor steak and grilled meats that was based on the pickling dry-rub mix used in preparing Montreal smoked meat. The smoked meat seasoning itself was descended from...
a seasoning mix for steaks and grilled meats - Panch phoronPanch phoronPanch phoran , also found transliterated as panch puran,panchphoran,panch phutana, is a spice blend used in Bangladesh and Eastern India, especially in Mithila, Bengali, Assamese and Oriya cuisine...
, Bengali five-spice blend of fenugreek, nigella, fennel, cumin, and mustard or radhuni - Pumpkin pie spice, an American blend of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and allspice
- Quatre épicesQuatre épicesQuatre épices is a spice used mainly in France, but also found in Middle Eastern kitchens. The name literally means "four spices"; the spice mix contains ground pepper , cloves, nutmeg and ginger...
, a French blend of ground pepper, cloves, nutmeg and ginger - Ras el hanoutRas el hanoutRas el hanout or Rass el hanout is a popular Moroccan blend of spices that is used across North Africa. The name means "top of the shop" in Arabic and refers to a mixture of the best spices a seller has to offer...
, a North African blend that includes cinnamon and cumin among other spices - Seasoned saltSeasoned saltSeasoned salt is a blend of table salt, herbs, spices, other flavourings, and sometimes monosodium glutamate . It is sold in supermarkets and is commonly used in fish and chip shops and other take-away food shops...
- TacoTacoA taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, chicken, seafood, vegetables and cheese, allowing for great versatility and variety...
seasoning - Tandoori masalaTandoori masalaTandoori masala is a mixture of spices specifically for use with a tandoor, or clay oven, in traditional north Indian, Pakistani and Afghan cooking. The specific spices vary somewhat from one region to another, but typically include garam masala, garlic, ginger, onion, cayenne pepper, and other...
, South Asian spice blend for tandoor cooked meats - Za'atarZa'atarZa'atar is a generic name for a family of related Middle Eastern herbs from the genera Origanum , Calamintha , Thymus vulgaris and Satureja . It is also the name for a condiment made from the dried herb, mixed together with sesame seeds, dried sumac, and often salt, as well as other spices...
, both an individual herb and a blend of that herb with sesame seeds and sometimes SumacSumacSumac is any one of approximately 250 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera, in the family Anacardiaceae. Sumacs grow in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world, especially in Africa and North America....