Christmas eBook Spices

Chocolate Spice uses Double Dutch cocoa and fragrant winter spices of ginger, clove and nutmeg to give warmth to baked goods, cookies and hot chocolate. Simply substitute Chocolate Spice for some of the cocoa in any chocolate-flavoured recipe. It's delicious when used to spice up chocolate cakes, cream fillings or added to your morning coffee for a spiced mocha.

Flavour Notes: Warmly spiced, rich, fragrant

Cuisine: Dutch

Heat Level: 0/5

Lavender, thyme and other aromatic herbs litter the fields in France's Provence, and here are blended into the region's famous herb mixture. Aromatic, floral and sophisticated, our version of Herbes de Provence adds orange peel and raspberry leaf for something different. Use in casseroles, vegetable dishes and in sauces.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, floral, bright

Cuisine: French

Heat Level: 0/5

Masala chai, literally ‘mixed-spice tea’, is thought to have originated in an ancient Indian royal court for the king’s ayurvedic healing. Our richly aromatic tea-free blend balances sweet, woody spices with the brightness of cardamom and lingering warmth of ginger and pepper.

Uncaffeinated and restorative, it may be added to any milk of choice, with or without tea. Even better, use it to create luxurious sweets and desserts that will echo majestically through the ages.

Flavour Notes: Warmly spiced, woody, aromatic, slightly sweet

Cuisine: Indian

Heat Level: 0/5

Stick your nose into a sack of cloves and you will understand why ancient mariners claimed to smell the approach of the clove islands while still far out to sea. A terrific and much-used pungent addition to Christmas ham and baked goods, stewed and pickled fruit and vegetables, cakes, pastries and biscuits, German Glühwein (also known as mulled wine), and many North African spice blends. Also known as: Nelke, ting-hiang.

Pyramid Flake Salt is especially valued for its pure qualities and unique, rich flavour. Harvested near Victoria's Pyramid Hill, flake salt's delightful bite adds character to cooking and salads. When used as a finishing salt, flake salt reveals a unique sharper taste to the palate and so less salt is required.