Spice Up Your Kitchen

Your kitchen looks a bit 'on the sweet side? Many of us have at least one spice from last Christmas, but how often do you use really? Create a well-seasoned dish takes a little 'practice, but you must be willing to work on the basis of trial and error. Laws can continue to use for some advice when they venture into the world of herbs and spices.

First we start with the help of herbs. Below is a list of drugs that are frequently found instore-bought spice, and examples of dishes that compliment them well. This is only a guide, so do not be afraid to experiment with different herbs in your closet. With herbs, you can easily switch odor. Open a beer, smell would go well with the dish that you have in mind?

Basil: Tomato sauce, pesto vinaigrette
Bay leaves: soups, marinades, sauces
Cardamom: stains, but sometimes used in bread
Celery flakes: soups, salads, andDips
Celery salt: pickle, potato salad, coleslaw
Coriander: pickling, meats, Currys Oriental Foods
Dill soups, potatoes, fish, sauces
Italian spice mix: pizza sauce, spaghetti, lasagna
Marjoram: chicken, sausage, stews, soups, meat, potatoes, pizza and spaghetti sauces
Mint: Lamb
Onion salt: Italian dishes, soups, sauces
Oregano: Italian dishes, stews, soups, sauces
Parsley potato dishes, eggs, soups, sauces
Mary Rose: the majority of roast meat,Filling
Sage: chicken, pork, stuffed
Thyme: the meat dishes, sauces, soup of clams

The spices can be a bit 'more complicated, because their flavors are not as pronounced as herbs, you can have only themselves to learn about the individual taste of each spice.

allspice tastes like a mixture of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Bake, roast, soups, sauces
Cayenne Pepper: Meat, Chile, Mexico and Louisiana-style food, seafood (note: a little or not enough of that stuffis hot!)
Chili Powder: Chili, stew, meat (spicy)
Cinnamon: cooking drinks, hot (hot chocolate, apple juice, chai)
Cloves: cooking baked ham (cooked), desserts, marinades
Cumin: Chili, meat
Curry powder, a mixture of Indian spices (turmeric, garlic, coriander, cumin, ginger), curry, meat, poultry, seafood, oriental and Indian
Garlic salt: sauces, meat, poultry, pasta, soup
Ginger: chutney, jam, Oriental and Indian cuisine
Lemon Pepper: salads, fish, poultry,Meat
Paprika: eggs, fish, salad dressings, sauces
Red Pepper sauces, meats (hot)
Turmeric: curry, meat, eggs

It seems to like a lot, but you get the what each can contribute to food spices like to hang with the combinations of flavors. The best way to learn, seasonings is used, a sauce or dish that you are familiar with creation. Once you reach the "taste" normal mess creating a special tasteSuits you. For example, try to buy spaghetti sauce from scratch, rather than the final order in a glass. You know what it knows of spaghetti, and this is almost a fail-safe when learning the season out of nowhere. All it takes is a couple of cans of tomato paste and spices your shelf. It could be "Italian dressing, if you have it, but it is a kind of cheating, as the flavor goes. The foundation for your herbs should spaghetti basil, oregano or marjoram (or both if you wantHowever, because oregano is wild marjoram), parsley, cilantro (a bit '), and thyme. Season to taste For the spice shelf, just throw a bit 'of salt and garlic away!

Have you no fear of being adventurous in the kitchen and all the great chef has to start somewhere and learn the basics of herbs and spices will be a great foundation.