Baharat (aka Lebanese 7 Spice)
This is a recipe to make your own Baharat, the beautiful Middle Eastern spice blend used for everything from stews to grilled meats, meatballs to Pide toppings. It can sometimes be irritatingly difficult to find, so it's handy to have a recipe - especially because it's made with common pantry spices!Baharat simple means "spices" in Arabic and is uniquely heavy on all-spice and cinnamon. The spice blend I use is based on this Baharat recipe from the website Silk Road Recipes, tweaked a bit to more closely replicate the flavour of the store bought Baharat I use. Large batch makes 1/4 cup, small batch makes just over 1 tablespoon.
Servings: 0.25 cup
Ingredients
LARGE BATCH (makes ~1/4 cup)
- 1 tbsp ground all-spice powder (substitute with mixed spice)
- 1 tbsp cinnamon powder
- 2 1/4 tsp ground coriander
- 1 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp cumin powder
- 3/8 tsp ground cloves (substitute more nutmeg)
- 3/8 tsp nutmeg powder (substitute more cloves)
SMALL BATCH (makes 3 3/4 teaspoons)
- 1 tsp ground all-spice powder (substitute with mixed spice)
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 3/4 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves (substitute more nutmeg)
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder (substitute more cloves)
Instructions
- Mix the spices together in a small bowl.
- Store in a airtight jar for 3 months in a cool dry place, though note the shelf life will be limited to the freshness of your spices.