🌶️Culinary Guide

The Spice Route

Explore our collection of 344 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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Chili negro

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Negro chili is a Mexican pepper dried until dark, commonly used in mole sauces.

Amérique, Amérique centrale
viandes
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Baie du Népal

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Nepal pepper refers to aromatic Himalayan pepper berries with fresh, complex notes.

Asie
viandeslégumes
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Graines de nigelle

Also called "black seed" and sometimes (confusingly) "black cumin," nigella is used in the Middle East and South Asia. Its flavor is lightly peppery and toasted.

Asie, Moyen-Orient
salades
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Muscade

Nutmeg originates from the Banda Islands (Indonesia). It's a classic in European and Creole cooking, especially in creamy dishes.

Asie du Sud-Est, Amérique
légumes
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Fleur de muscade

Nutmeg flower, or mace, surrounds the nutmeg seed and offers a subtler aroma.