Greek Spices

Recreate the quintessential Greek street food classic at home in just 30 minutes! This versatile and convenient blend is perfect for bringing the taste of Greece into your cooking. Souvlaki Spice Rub will infuse meat, veggies, halloumi, and even tofu with warm and herbaceous Mediterranean notes. A mild midweek favourite for every family!

Flavour Notes: Mediterranean, savoury, earthy

Cuisine: Greek

Heat Level: 0/5

Picture a provincial Greek taverna, with heady wafts of oregano and grilled meats drifting from the kitchen. Our Greek Grilling Spice captures those classic flavours of oregano and garlic, with native lemon myrtle standing in for citrus, rounded out with rosemary and other warming spices. Mix with oil and marinate before grilling or frying, or rub into roasts such as a leg of lamb. Its bright, herbaceous and savoury notes suit seafood just as well, or sprinkle over fried saganaki for a fragrant lift.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, garlicky, zesty, Mediterranean

Cuisine: Greek

Heat Level: 0/5

Oregano is widely used in Turkish, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American and Italian cuisines. The dried leaves are often more flavourful than the fresh ones. With a strong, savoury aroma, oregano is commonly used in tomato sauces, soups, stews, pizza, pasta, grilled meats and is a great complement to olives, capers and spicy food.

The ancient Greeks believed that thyme was a source of courage; they used it in baths and burnt it as incense in temples. Today, thyme is widely cultivated and used for its heady floral lemon scent.

Worn in a garland by Augustus Caesar to protect against lightning, Bay Leaf is more commonly used to flavour soups, stews and slow cooked dishes. Its pungent, sharp and bitter taste is strong, so add only a few whole leaves (even less in ground form) at the beginning of cooking.

Rosemary has needle-like leaves and a pine-like flavour with bitter notes. This fragrant evergreen herb complements a wide variety of foods, most notably lamb. The dried leaves need a little time to soften and release their flavour, so they work best added early in soups, stews and braises.

One of the most popular and widely used herbs in the world today, parsley (also known as 'curled parsley') has a distinctive herbaceous, slightly bitter aroma and taste that works as a contrast to highlight other flavours. Dried parsley holds up well in cooked dishes like stocks and sauces, though fresh is still best for garnishing and finishing.

This wild and weedy perennial originated in Eastern Europe, where it still grows rampantly on road sides and in ditches. With anise-like characteristics, dill leaf is used to flavour pickles and preserves; garnish seafood, especially smoked salmon; and pep up white sauces.

In days gone by when marjoram was believed to symbolise happiness, it was planted on graves to give peace to the departed. In culinary use, marjoram's bitter sweetness gives depth and character to salads, soufflés and stuffing.