Winter Cooking

Bring Korean flavours to your home cooking with this lively, aromatic blend that packs a punch. Chilli and garlic fans will love this blend. Gochugaru chilli delivers a warm and lingering heat with sweet and smoky undertones, enhanced by the bold flavour of garlic and the nuttiness of sesame and mustard seeds. Use in homecooked Korean BBQ and stews or add to homemade kimchi. As versatile as it is delicious, this blend is also a fantastic finishing spice for sprinkling over pizza, amplifying sauces, elevating soups or any dishes that need a quick chilli-garlic boost.

Flavour Notes: Smoky, warm, garlicky, nutty

Cuisine: Korean

Heat Level: 1/5

Recreating Japan's favourite Katsu-style curry is so easy with this blend. Make a mild and silky sauce that's delicious with chicken, beef or vegetables. Noodles and rice also pair well with the heady mix of spices including cumin, fenugreek, ginger, thyme, allspice, cardamom and star anise. Leftovers make a moreish karepan - Japan’s answer to a toastie. This mix will fast become a go-to in your family's dinner repertoire.

Flavour Notes: Warming, slightly sweet, savoury

Cuisine: Japanese

Heat Level: 0/5

A fragrant, authentic Sri Lankan spice blend that makes for delectable mild coconut curries celebrating seafood, poultry, vegetables and nuts. Named in honour of Suja, a revered Sri Lankan elder and gifted cook who understood the complex, nuanced flavours of traditional Sri Lankan dishes.

Try our Sri Lankan Cashew, Chicken or Beetroot curries with this blend.

Flavour Notes: Warmly spiced, aromatic, earthy

Cuisine: Sri Lankan

Heat Level: 0/5

Rich, warming and deeply aromatic, Massaman is one of Thailand’s most beloved curries, and one of the most satisfying to make at home. Fragrant with galangal, cardamom, star anise and cinnamon, this blend enables you to cook a big, bold Massaman whenever the hunger for it strikes. Wonderful with slow-cooked beef and tender potatoes, or entirely vegetarian with cauliflower, eggplant and green beans.

Flavour Notes: Warming, citrusy, fiery, earthy

Cuisine: Thai

Heat Level: 3/5

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

Gewürzhaus founder Maria shares her secret recipe with us; for years, the family have been enjoying it but never quite knew what was in the mysterious sprinkle that made meals taste so fantastic. Boasting punchy chilli with traditional Italian flavours, Maria’s Pizza & Pasta Blend will make a simple family dinner a revelation.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, mild heat, slightly smoky

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 2/5

Spaghetti bolognese is very popular outside Italy and is a staple in almost every Australian family, but it never existed in Bologna, where ragù alla Bolognese was the traditional dish. Today’s version uses spaghetti rather than egg pastas such as tagliatelle, more tomato and no milk or cream. This blend of herbs and spices will enhance the flavours of any bolognese sauce, as well as minestrone soup, moussaka or napolitana sauce.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, gentle heat, savoury

Cuisine: Italian

Heat Level: 2/5

Use Bratkartoffel Spice to make bratkartoffeln, or ‘fried potatoes’, a traditional German dish where potatoes and onions are thinly sliced, then pan fried in butter with spices until crisp and golden brown. Bratkartoffeln can be eaten as a main meal with fried eggs or as a side dish to roasts. This popular and flavourful blend can also add extra flavour to various stews and purées.

Flavour Notes: Herbaceous, savoury, warmly spiced, complex

Cuisine: German

Heat Level: 0/5

Our great grandmother Rosa taught us how to make this traditional Hungarian gulyás and we still love it! With classic flavours of paprika and aromatic stewing spices of onion, garlic, celery and bay leaf, this versatile blend may also be used to braise meats and vegetables, and to flavour any tomato-based dishes such as minestrone and red sauces.

Flavour Notes: Earthy, savoury, mildly smoky

Cuisine: Hungarian

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

The colour of South Indian Seafood Masala reminds of an Indian bride's henna, applied to her hands before her wedding; the deeper the colour, the deeper her love! This gentle but full-flavoured blend suits all manner of seafood, whether in a classic Keralan fish curry or as a fabulous dry rub on pan-seared salmon. Also a favourite among vegetarians, this spice blend makes an easy dahl using red lentils.

Flavour Notes: Fragrant, mild heat, slightly sweet

Cuisine: Indian

Heat Level: 2/5