Spices for Tomatoes

Ras El Hanout is one of the world’s most complex spice mixtures, and often contains dozens of ingredients. It is a traditional Moroccan blend, meaning 'head of the shop', and represents the very best a spice merchant has to offer. The recipe shifts from souk to souk, but our blend contains 29 spices including paprika, cumin, ginger, coriander, cassia and turmeric. Earthy, floral and fragrant, this harmonious signature blend flavours rice, tagines, couscous, game and lamb beautifully.

Flavour Notes: Earthy, complex, floral, fragrant

Cuisine: Moroccan

Heat Level: 0/5

A Mediterranean-flavoured sprinkle for tomato lovers. It's made for bruschetta, sprinkled directly onto fresh sliced tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil but is just as useful stirred through a salad dressing or added to pasta sauces. It’s also delicious on avocado toast or mixed into a dip for a hit of warm Mediterranean flavour.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, savoury, umami-rich

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 0/5

Complex and bold, Native Red Gum Smoked Salt comes from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. These sea salt flakes have been smoked over Australian native red gum for 72 hours. The smoking results in a unique and aromatic finishing salt which adds natural depth to both savoury and sweet dishes. To be used as a finishing salt on meats, seafood, salads, soups, vegetables and even desserts to add a rich, smoky flavour.

This Italian Chilli & Garlic Oil Blend transforms Mediterranean-style food in an instant. Heat with olive oil for a tongue-tantalising combination of chilli, umami and fragrant sweetness. Keep it on the kitchen table alongside our Crunchy Chilli Oil and you’ll have all bases covered.

Flavour Notes: Fiery, garlicky, herbaceous

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 4/5

This versatile blend elevates all types of mince from bland to delicious with no fuss and no nasties. It was inspired by our Mama Gabi, who cooked many delicious meatballs for her two daughters, Gewürzhaus founders Maria and Eva when they were growing up. This blend is easy to use; combine with mince, egg & breadcrumbs for a quick and easy lunch or dinner. With garlic, onion, paprika, chives and oregano already in the mix, there's no need for chopping. Serve with vegetables, in lettuce cups or as bite-sized snacks.

Flavour Notes: Savoury, herbaceous, mildly smoky

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 0/5

No need to spend hours in the kitchen or sacrifice flavour: Our spice blend will let you make the humble, but much-loved Spaghetti Bolognese sauce as fast as your pasta is boiling. Fill the kitchen with classic Italian aromas and your plates with a family favourite that children of all ages will love.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, smoky, savoury, umami-rich

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 0/5

Smoky, savoury and moreish, Spanish Skewer & BBQ Spice conjures the flavours of pinchos morunos, a tapas-style meat (usually pork) skewer eaten throughout Spain.

Impress at your next barbecue with Spanish skewers of meat, seafood and sweet vegetables, or gather friends around a glorious seafood paella. Squeeze fresh lemon over food before serving to really enhance the flavours.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, savoury, earthy

Cuisine: Spanish

Heat Level: 0/5

Venetian Gondola Spice is inspired by the floating city of Venice and its abundance of fresh seafood. It is the perfect ingredient in linguini ai frutti di mare or other seafood dishes with an Italian influence.

This spice blend is best when gently fried in olive oil at the start of cooking so that the garlic and onion soften, and the aromas from the various spices are released. A pantry staple, it can be easily used as a garlic-flavoured base for lasagne, pasta, soups and stews.

Flavour Notes: Garlicky, savoury, aromatic

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 0/5

By the time Marco Polo came across turmeric fingers in China, they had already spread throughout the world from their home in southern India. This batch is ground from the mature rhizome of the Curcuma longa plant, grown in the Madras region. Earthy, warm and faintly bitter, turmeric lends its vivid orange golden to Indian curries, rice dishes and Middle Eastern cooking. Also known as: Alleppey Turmeric, Indian Saffron, Madras Turmeric.

Kosher Salt gets its name from its integral role in making meat kosher. Jewish law dictates that blood must be extracted from meat with salt prior to consumption. Although harvested like table salt, Kosher Salt is raked during evaporation, giving the grains a block-like structure allowing the crystals to better absorb blood from animal carcasses. It is excellent in pasta sauces, where it yields a rich, complex and delicious flavour.