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Spices Mixbd Fob Seasoning Pates

A homemade seasoning spice mix made from ginger, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Frances Crawford · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spices Mixbd Fob Seasoning Pates

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the spices

  1. Take half a pound of pepper, two ounces of ginger, an ounce of cinnamon, six cloves, and an ounce of nutmeg grated.

  2. Pound all these spices separately.

  3. Sift them through a tamper.

  4. Pound any that are too coarse to go through.

Mix and store

  1. Mix all together.

  2. Add four pounds of salt to the spices.

  3. Bottle it for use and cork it closely.

  4. Keep it in a dry place.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

33Calories
0 gProtein
1 gFat
6 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Frances Crawford. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pepper
Provides the main sharp, pungent bite that defines the blend.
Ginger
Adds warm, pungent aroma and a gentle heat to the mix.
Cinnamon
Contributes sweet, woody aroma that rounds out the warm spices.
Nutmeg
Contributes a warm, aromatic flavor that deepens the blend.
Salt
Seasons the mix and brings out the flavor of the other spices.

The step that matters

Pound and sift the spices until fine. Spices ground to an even, fine texture blend uniformly and release their aroma evenly. Coarse pieces left in the mix give uneven flavor and a gritty texture, which is why the coarse bits are pounded again and sifted.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove):

  1. Allspicefits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Marjoramfits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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