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🌶️Culinary Guide

The Spice Route

Explore our collection of 6 spices from around the world. Discover their origins, flavors and culinary uses.

How to use The Spice Route?

The Spice Route is your complete guide to mastering the art of spices in cooking. Each detailed entry gives you:

  • Geographic origin and history of the spice
  • Taste profile with intensity and heat level
  • Perfect pairings with meats, fish and vegetables
  • Usage tips and mistakes to avoid
  • Substitutions if you don't have the spice
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6 spices found

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African basil

Basilic africain

African basil is an aromatic variety with camphor-like and spicy notes, used in several African cuisines.

Afrique
viandeslégumes
C
1 spice
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Cumin

Cumin is an ancient spice widely used across the Middle East, North Africa, India, and Mexico. Its flavor is warm and earthy.

Inde, Moyen-Orient
légumes
E
1 spice
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Ethiopian cardamom

Cardamome d'Éthiopie

Ethiopian cardamom is a traditional spice from East Africa.

Afrique
G
1 spice
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Green mustard

Moutarde verte

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Green mustard is used in Asia and Africa for both leaves and seeds.

Asie, Afrique
légumes
R
1 spice
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Ras el hanout

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Ras el hanout is a complex North African blend—often with 20+ spices—especially associated with Moroccan cuisine.

Moyen-Orient, Afrique
viandeslégumes
W
1 spice
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White cumin

Cumin blanc

White cumin has been used for millennia in the Middle East, India, and North Africa.

Inde, Moyen-Orient
viandeslégumineuses