Spice Mix - Common Blends and Sample Recipes

Common Blends and Sample Recipes

For recipes of spice mixes see the mixed spice section in wikibooks

• Apple pie spice, usually cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice
• Baharat, used throughout the Levant
• Berbere, an Ethiopian blend
• Chili powder, a mixture of powdered red chili peppers and other spices and herbs, such as cumin, oregano, and garlic, used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cooking, not to be confused with powdered chili peppers.
• Chinese Five-spice powder, a blend of cassia (Chinese cinnamon), star anise, cloves, and two other spices
• Curry powder
• Fines herbes
• Garam masala, an Indian savory spice blend that is used throughout much of South Asia
• Garlic salt
• Goda masala, a South Asian sweet spice blend
• Herbes de Provence, a Provençal blend of thyme, marjoram, rosemary, basil, bay leaf, and sometimes lavender
• Hawaij, Yemenite ground spice mixtures used primarily for soups and coffee
• Italian Seasoning, a classic blend of herbs used for Italian cuisine
• Kaala masala, South Asian black spice blend
• Khmeli suneli, a blend used in Georgia and the Caucasus region
• Lemon pepper
• Mitmita
• Mixed spice or pudding spice, a British blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and other spices
• Montreal steak seasoning a seasoning mix for steaks and grilled meats
• Mulling spices, a European spice mixture of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg and dried fruit
• Panch phoron, a Bengali five-spice blend of whole fenugreek, nigella, fennel, cumin, and mustard or radhuni seeds
• Pumpkin pie spice, an American blend of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and allspice
• Quatre épices, a French blend of ground pepper, cloves, nutmeg and ginger
• Ras el hanout, a North African blend that includes cinnamon and cumin among other spices
• Seasoned salt
• Shichimi
• Taco seasoning
• Tandoori masala, South Asian spice blend for tandoor cooked meats
• Vadouvan
• Za'atar, both an individual herb and a blend of that herb with sesame seeds and sometimes dried sumac