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Two Spice Blends with Cumin

These spice blends can be sprinkled on cooked foods for extra raw spice zip, added to sautéd vegetables, or rubbed onto meat or fish.  The Angelica is nice on fish, but feel free to experiment.

Course Spices
Prep Time 5 minutes
Author Todd Misener

Ingredients

Moroccan Spice Blend

  • 1 t Cumin
  • 1 t Powdered ginger
  • 1 t Salt
  • .75 t Black Pepper
  • .5 t Cinnamon
  • .5 t Coriander seeds
  • .5 t Cayenne
  • .5 t Allspice
  • .25 t Cloves

Angelica Spice Mix

  • .25 C Sugar
  • .5 C Fennel seeds
  • .5 C Coriander seeds
  • 2 T Szechuan peppercorns
  • .25 C Anise seeds
  • .25 C Cumin seeds
  • .25 C Caraway seeds
  • .25 C Sea salt
  • 1 t Cinnamon powder
  • 1/8 t Freshly grated nutmeg Feel free to add more if you wish

Instructions

Moroccan Spice Mix

  1. Combine all ground spices together.  Store in a resealable jar, preferably brown or light-resistant.

    If you have a proper grinder, as for grinding coffee, and wish to grind your own dry spices, set the grind to fine.  A stick of cinnamon is challenging to measure with a teaspoon.  Make an educated guess based on your cinnamon preference or use dry.

Angelica Spice Mix

  1. If possible, grind the whole dry spices in a proper coffee grinder and grind all the whole spices on fine grind.  

    You may cut this in half depending on your needs. 

Recipe Notes

This is similar to the grinder I use for spices and coffee. Yes. Both. The coffee gets the better of the deal, which means I get the better of the deal using it for spices and coffee.

This style grinder is superior to a mini food processor style "grinder." Those are smashers and do not produce a uniform finished product, which a proper grinder does. It is as important for good coffee as it is for proper seasoning that the ground item be consistent.