Thyme is a spice that makes many preparations pleasant. With an aromatic, slightly spicy taste, it can be easily used to flavor pasta dishes, roasted meat, grilled meat, fish and fillings. Liqueurs and vinegars are also produced. Combined with wine, garlic, onion, brandy, it is used to prepare excellent sauces for meat dishes.
Dried onion flakes make the properties and benefits of the bulb so appreciated in the kitchen available in a practical way. It is ideal for enriching many dishes with a pungent and astringent, slightly sweet taste. Versatile for many recipes of healthy and tasty dishes. It also has antioxidant compounds and minerals useful for well-being, purifying for the body and for the airways.
A particular Curry, a mix composed of whole spices versatile in the kitchen. It can be added halfway through cooking, or used when needed - crushed in a mortar to insert it into the recipe. Originating from the Indian region of Goa, it shows a warm, full-bodied and moderately spicy blend; with sweet notes that make it perfect for not adding too much spiciness to spicy dishes.
We can define paprika as a spice that is good for the body and good mood, stimulates the palate and satisfies originality in the kitchen. An ingredient that gives a pungent and intense flavor to dishes, with smoky notes perfect in many preparations - especially meat and vegetables. In addition, paprika contains multiple compounds that offer benefits to our body.
This mix of Middle Eastern spices is widespread in Lebanese, Israeli and Syrian cuisine. Elevates the flavors of each dish and creates a unique, pungent and slightly smoked aroma, on white and sheep meat dishes, legume soups, fish. Also called a blend of 7 spices, Baharat is also used on rice and marinades.
This spice mix is complex and with multiple tones on the palate and smell. Perfect for flavoring fish, meat and vegetable dishes, and especially vegetarian dishes. Take advantage of the spiciest and most intense Indian flavors, which come directly from the culture of the Malabar region, on the southwest coast of Kerala.
An exquisite variant for seasonings and touches of flavor, black garlic is produced by fermentation, and is rich in proteins, phosphorus and calcium. In this way, the pungent taste of white garlic is avoided while maintaining the nutritional principles; indeed, doubling the natural antioxidant and antibiotic properties.
The dish is known all over the world, but it is not paella if it does not include this mix of aromatic and delicate spices - suitable for both fish and meat paella. The amount of spiced mixture is subjective based on taste, you can try it with a teaspoon and then adapt it to your paella recipes!
Similar to spicy Indian curry, Masala is used to season white pork and lamb, with an aromatic touch and balanced in flavors. Born in Mauritius, with a recipe handed down over time, it can give a versatile touch among the many flavors that reach the palate, to be creatively modulated in your recipes, based on the dish you prepare.
Laurel is also called "Laurel" or "Poets' Tree", it has been known for centuries in cooking and herbal medicine. Its dried leaves are used both to flavor dishes and as an infusion. An infusion based on bay leaves helps digestion: it avoids annoying fermentations, fights stomach discomfort and loss of appetite. Very useful in the kitchen for flavoring potatoes, stews and second courses such as white meat stew.
Turmeric is a plant native to eastern India. The plant, introduced by sailors, is found in Europe already in the monastic writings of the 6th century. Due to the color similar to saffron, it was also wrongly called Indian saffron. The therapeutic power of turmeric is manifold.