Spice Tasting Gift Set

Discovering the different spices of the world, never ceasing to be amazed and to create new flavors. This is what we want to do with the Gran Degustazione - Spices: live a true taste experience with Bembo.

Average weight per jar: 15 g

CHILI PEPPER - MEXICO Ideal for grilled meats, sauces, spicy gravies, meat sauces. Perfect for a classic of Italian cuisine: pasta seasoned with garlic, oil, and chili pepper. It adds both the right spiciness and a pleasant aroma to dishes.

STAR ANISE – CHINA – It is known for its star shape and its balsamic and mentholated taste. Its seeds contain all the scent and aroma of this berry; they are perfect both for adding to meat or fish dishes and in infusions, through which they release all their antiseptic and digestive properties.

POWDERED CINNAMON – CEYLON - It is used mainly for sweet preparations: cakes, cookies, fruit, candies, and creams. Furthermore, it can add a special touch to ice cream, fruit salad, and ricotta. Many drinks are characterized by the spicy aroma of cinnamon, for example mulled wine, sangria, liqueurs, and punch. It is a powerful natural antioxidant, stimulates blood circulation, helps fight cholesterol, and has antibacterial, antiseptic, stimulating, and digestive properties.

CLOVES – ZANZIBAR - They have local anesthetic and analgesic properties and are a remedy for exhaustion and headaches. It is a spice from the Indian Ocean islands, used for pastry products, but also excellent with meat dishes, especially game.

CORIANDER – INDIA - It stimulates digestion and appetite, calms abdominal disorders, and favors the expulsion of intestinal gas. Ideal for marinades with seafood and fish, excellent in desserts or sprinkled over slices of fresh pineapple.

CUMIN – SYRIA - It has carminative and digestive properties, is a good natural remedy against bloating and abdominal colic, and is also very useful against coughs. An excellent herbal tea to drink at the end of a meal, to aid digestion, can be prepared with its seeds, a pinch of fennel, and a little mint. Slightly acidic, it is ideal in beef stews and worth trying in a citrus salad.

TURMERIC – INDIA - Turmeric is the powdered root of Curcuma longa. Recent studies have shown how curcumin, the active ingredient contained in the spice, has anti-tumor properties, inhibiting the growth of different types of cancer cells. Among other characteristics, turmeric is antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, cholagogue, and hypocholesterolemic and is rich in antioxidants. Native to Asia, it is widely used in Indian and Thai cuisine, and since ancient times it was also used as a coloring agent.

YELLOW MUSTARD POWDER – CANADA – This spice is essentially used for the production of cream mustard that accompanies numerous dishes throughout the Western world. It is a source of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, selenium, phosphorus, potassium, and vitamins. In powder form, it can also be used for marinades and rubs.

GALANGAL – ASIA - It is a spice similar to ginger but sweeter and more citrusy. It is used in Oriental dishes and in the West in preparations as an alternative to ginger. Galangal is used for meats, such as chicken and turkey, vegetables, soups, delicate fish, and rice dishes. It pairs excellently with nutmeg and garlic.

NUTMEG – SRI LANKA – It has antioxidant properties and presents numerous active ingredients that find therapeutic applications for their antifungal, antidepressant, digestive, and carminative properties. Fundamental in the preparation of béchamel, it lends itself well to flavoring meat sauces, mashed potatoes, and some desserts.

SWEET PAPRIKA – HUNGARY - It has tonic properties, stimulates the digestive system and facilitates digestion, is antiseptic, and strengthens the circulatory system. It contains vitamins E, B, C, K, and beta-carotene. Among the minerals, we find calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, potassium, selenium, and sodium. In addition to being a basic ingredient in the preparation of Goulash, it is also recommended with white meats, fresh cheeses, and soups.

SMOKED SWEET PAPRIKA – HUNGARY – It is an excellent spice derived from a particular type of chili pepper, which is dried over fine woods. This process gives the paprika its characteristic scent and sweet and tasty flavor, making it an essential condiment for flavoring sauces and gravies, but also fish and meat.

SUMAC – TURKEY - The fruits, harvested before they reach maturity, are dried and once ground give life to a spice with an acidic flavor, particularly used in Middle Eastern cuisine: Lebanese and Syrians use it to flavor fish; Iraqis and Turks add it to salads; Iranians and Georgians season kebabs with it. Ideal with lentils, chicken fillings, onions, and yogurt sauces.

GINGER – NIGERIA - It has the ability to combat nausea and vomiting, is a powerful pain reliever capable of alleviating rheumatic pains, counteracts colds, and is a valid support for headaches. It has a strong and quite spicy flavor. Ideal with grilled fish, but also in the preparation of cookies and puddings. Dried ground ginger has the same properties as fresh ginger.

JUNIPER BERRIES – ALBANIA - They are used in the kitchen especially as spices for game dishes (particularly ducks and pheasants) and for sauerkraut. They are also the basis for the production of spirits such as gin, juniper grappa, gineprata, and Kranewitter (a traditional South Tyrolean product). Finally, an essential oil called juniper essence is extracted from Juniper Berries by distillation. The residue of the distillation, treated with water and concentrated under vacuum, produces a syrupy liquid called juniper extract.