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Lemon grass is a plant from southern India. Well-known for its organism benefits ans as a mosquito repellent, it is also used in several dishes. Dry or in powder, lemon grass gives your dishes a fresh and lemon-flavoured taste. It is much used in Asian food to season fish, meat, soups and sauces, or to flavour drinks (tea, herbal tea).
AvailableLiquorice is the rhizome of a bean plant, which sweet tasting rhizomes and roots are used as flavourings. It is native to south-eastern Europe and the Middle East, where it grows wild. Ancient Chinese herbalists used licorice, distilling the root’s essence and prescribing it for a wide range of conditions. Licorice is particularly well known for its use...
AvailableLiquorice is the rhizome of a bean plant, which sweet tasting rhizomes and roots are used as flavourings. It is native to south-eastern Europe and the Middle East, where it grows wild. Ancient Chinese herbalists used licorice, distilling the root’s essence and prescribing it for a wide range of conditions. Licorice is particularly well known for its use...
AvailableIn its natural state, mace is a bright crimson lace, encasing the brown nutmeg in irregular, fleshy lobes. As it is dried, it develops its characteristic aroma but loses its bright red color. Its bouquet is sweet and fragrant, similar to nutmeg, but stronger. Its flavour is warm. sharp and aromatic, more intense and slightly sweeter than nutmeg...
AvailableCurry is a generic term to describe a large variety of spices used to flavour indian dishes. According to its composition, curry can be sweet or very spicy. Madras curry is one of the most spicy ones. Application : Indian cooking. In a mayonnaise or vinaigrette.
AvailableNutmeg was alreay used before common era in the Moluccas in Indonesia, India and China. An indian text dating from 2000 BC recommended nutmeg and cloves for a fresh and perfumed breath. The spice only appeared in Europe in the 9th century. The popular belief was to keep a nutmeg in one's pocket to avoid diseases and bone fractures. Monks prescribed nutmeg...
AvailableNutmeg was alreay used before common era in the Moluccas in Indonesia, India and China. An indian text dating from 2000 BC recommended nutmeg and cloves for a fresh and perfumed breath. The spice only appeared in Europe in the 9th century. The popular belief was to keep a nutmeg in one's pocket to avoid diseases and bone fractures. Monks prescribed nutmeg...
Out of stockPaprika is a fine powder ground from peppers ripened to redness, sometimes called ‘pimento’. The powder can vary in colour from bright red to rusty brown. Known for thousands of years, pimento was first used by the Aztecs who turned it into a drink mixed with chocolate, a drink supposed to give courage. Pimentos were imported by Christopher Columbus and...
Out of stockLiterally “top of the shop,” ras el hanout is a Moroccan spice blend that can contain more than 30 ingredients. A good ras el hanout is one of the finest examples of how well a diverse variety of spices can meld to create an ingredient that is greater than its individual components. Ras el hanout is somewhat curry-like with a spicy kick, a floral...
AvailableSaffron is a spicy extracted from a crocus flower. It is obtained after dehydration of its three red stigma. It is much used in Arabic, European, Indian and central Asia food. Its flavour reminds of honey with metallic notes.
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