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Jasmine salt & pepper spice mix

October 22, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

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Why not jazz up the typical “salt & pepper” with this lightly flavoured jasmine salt & pepper mix.  I’ve been using it on grilled meat, veggy stir fry and even tofu!  The light jasmine aroma is a nice added touch to merguez and green cabbage stir fry and the lemon zest clear up the taste just enough to bring all your flavours together.

Delicate & worth it….

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Filed Under: Recipes, Spice Blend Tagged With: air dried, easy, jasmine, jasmine flowers, lemon zest, Meyer's lemon, pepper, peppercorns, recipe, salt, salt and pepper, spice mix, table salt, tellicherry, zesty

Cardamom Fever Tea

April 18, 2015 by Ariel Leave a Comment

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I made this tea blend thinking I would use it in my future baking projects (which I’m sure I will at one point) but up to date, I’ve been drinking it everyday!

If you’re a cardamom fanatic, this is for you 🙂

Cardamom Fever Tea
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Author: Zesty and Spicy.com
Recipe type: Tea Blend
Ingredients
  • 6 teaspoons of green cardamom pods - coarsely crushed
  • 4 teaspoons of coriander seeds - coarsely crushed
  • 2 teaspoons of Szechuan peppercorns - coarsely crushed
  • 6 tablespoons of red rooibos tea
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Filed Under: Recipes, Tea Tagged With: Ariel, blend, cardamom, coarsely crushed, coriander seeds, green cardamoms pods, peppercorns, pods, recipe, red, rooibos, spices, Szechuan, Szechuan pepper, tea

Aromatic Sugar for Roasting – Pink Pepper, Cardamom & Mace

July 12, 2013 by Ariel 3 Comments

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Have you ever thought about roasting fruits?  Funny idea maybe, or maybe not….

For my taste, one of the best ways to showcase veggies is to roast them.  I love roasted sweet potatoes, roasted fennel, carrots and pretty much every veggies I found, I tried to roast it.  It just makes every flavors come out perfectly and it’s like having a small piece of heaven in my mouth.

…then I thought…

Why not trying to roast fruits to make a fun topping for yogurt, maybe oatmeal, cakes or even as a side dish beside a traditional breakfast!?  Would that be possible or even tasty?  In fact IT IS!  and it’s damn delicious!  Almost everything could be roasted as long as its slightly firm and you have to try to see if you like.  My first try was with a supreme of oranges but for you, the sky is the limit!  These days I dream of roasting green apples, peaches, pineapples, strawberries and more…  Be sure that I’ll keep you posted on my experimentation via this blog and my facebook page (for the social media addicts who’s following me) but try it out on your own and let me know how it turned out.

Today I’m presenting you this sugar blend as “roasting sugar” but again, it could easily be used for any other type of  purposes like on top of a freshly cut grapefruit, to add an extra kick of flavor to your oatmeal and more…  Either way I hope you’ll enjoy it  as much as I do :)…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Spice Blend Tagged With: cane sugar, green cardamom pods, ground, mace, nutmeg, peppercorns, pink pepper, recipe, roasting, roasting fruits, sugar

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