Green pepper is used to flavor fish and meat dishes (chicken, turkey, pork, beef). The recipe for fillet with green pepper is famous. It is particularly appreciated for its spicy, fresh and delicately herbaceous flavour. Green pepper also goes well with other spices, including nutmeg, coriander and juniper.
Annatto seeds, or achiote, give a unique color to your dishes by adding an exotic and healthy touch to your recipes. This spice also gives health benefits thanks to the content of carotenoid antioxidants, useful for the well-being of the eyes and the immune system. Furthermore, the seeds can also be used for cosmetics and as a dye for dyeing fabrics.
If you are looking for a legume with high nutritional properties, broad beans make you high in proteins, vitamins, minerals, folic acid and fiber. Dried broad beans, in particular, provide the greatest protein intake among legumes. Also discover its delicious flavor in soups, to dress pasta, in soups, or as a side dish for meats, cheeses or fish.
Ingredients: peeled broad beans Origin: Egypt Cooking time: 40 min. / in a pressure cooker 15 min.
Cinnamon in bark is the spice preferred by cooks to give a particular flavor to their recipes. In healthy terms, cinnamon helps keep blood sugar in balance, helps prevent cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, triglycerides and ulcers. Tip: do not cook it too long, it can become bitter.
Exotic fruit par excellence, Medjoul dates have properties and benefits including antioxidant effects, excellent for fighting the cellular aging process. In addition, Medjoul dates are the best-selling on the market for their delicious flavor, enveloping also thanks to their softness.
Cassia ground cinnamon has an intense flavor that goes well with salty foods and flavors meat. In the Middle East it accompanies stews, lamb, goose and duck meat; in Thailand pork and dried fruit; in Morocco it is combined with pigeon pastilla; in Yorkshire it is excellent in braised ham. A pinch of cinnamon is perfect in mashed potatoes, ravioli and pumpkin risotto. It gives a unique aroma to vegetable pies or natural yoghurt.
Cardamom in green seeds is a spice particularly loved in the East and in Arab countries, with a pungent, slightly spicy and fruity aroma, with hints of lemon and eucalyptus, but it is now also used in European cuisines. It is also rich in beneficial properties for health, and also for beauty: perfect for obtaining healthy herbal teas.
Natural essential oil, extracted from leaves and flowers of Geranium (pelargonium graveolens) from conventional farming, obtained by steam distillation. It boasts numerous properties by virtue of which it is particularly appreciated in aromatherapy, for topical use and for diffusion in the environment. Origin: Egypt
Ground Cardamom is a spice particularly loved in the East and in the Arab countries, with a pungent, slightly spicy and fruity aroma, with hints of lemon and eucalyptus, but it is now also used in European kitchens. It is also rich in properties beneficial for health, and also for beauty.
The renowned white and sweet beans provide a special taste and valuable nutrients to many recipes. They represent a natural source of proteins, carbohydrates, fibers, mineral salts and vitamins, with very little fat, and gluten-free. The flavor of cannellini beans gives a delicate note to soups, broths, side dishes for main courses.
Ingredients: cannellini beans Origin: Egypt
Soaking: about 6 hours. Cooking time: 50 min. / in a pressure cooker 25 min.
Roasted peanuts, a tasty snack that we love to nibble especially at aperitif time, perhaps accompanied by a cool drink and in the company of friends. Since we were children we have a sweet tooth for this dried fruit in shell. They offer different properties and benefits.
Chinese five spice powder is a traditional spice blend, used in Chinese cuisine. This mix gives the dishes a light hint of minty taste, which still includes all the five flavors in cooking: sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter. A special taste to flavor meat and fish dishes, marinades and exotic sauces.
Ingredients:
star anise, cloves, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, fennel.