Spice mixes are blended spices or herbs. When a certain combination of herbs or spices is called for in many different recipes (or in one recipe that is used frequently), it is convenient to blend these ingredients beforehand. Blends such as chili powder, curry powder, herbes de Provence, garlic salt, and onion salt are traditionally sold pre-made by grocers, 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 pie spice, usually cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice
- Baharat, used throughout the Levant
- Berbere, an Ethiopian blend
- Chili powder
- Chinese Five-spice powder, a blend of cassia, star anise, cloves, and two other spices
- Curry powder
- Fines herbes
- Garam masala, South Asian savory spice blend
- Garlic salt
- Goda masala, South Asian sweet spice blend
- Herbes de Provence, a Provençal blend of thyme, marjoram, rosemary, basil, bay leaf, and sometimes lavender
- Kaala masala, South Asian black spice blend
- Khmeli suneli, a blend used in Georgia and the Caucasus region
- Lemon pepper
- Mixed spice or pudding spice, a British blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and other spices
- Panch phoron, 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 épices, a French blend of ground pepper, cloves, nutmeg and ginger
- Ras el hanout, a Moroccan blend that includes cinnamon and cumin among other spices
- Seasoned salt
- Taco seasoning
- Tandoori masala, South Asian spice blend for tandoor cooked meats
- Za'atar, both an individual herb and a blend of that herb with sesame seeds and sometimes Sumac
See also
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