Ras el-Hanout

Component of another meal - Vegetarian

The classic Moroccan spice mix. Everybody's recipe is different, this one is mine.

Cooking method: Assemble
Serves: 0

Time: Quick - less than 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy - a child could do it

Equipment

Ingredients

• Condiment, cube, or tube
• Swiss bouillon - 2 teaspoon
• Herb
• Rose petals (dried) - 1 tablespoon
• Spice
• Star anise (whole) - 2
• Cinnamon (ground) - 3 teaspoon
• Ginger (ground) - 2 teaspoon
• Mace (ground) - 2 teaspoon
• Allspice (ground) - 1 teaspoon
• Coriander (whole) - 1 teaspoon
• Pepper (white) - 1 teaspoon
• Turmeric - 1 teaspoon
• Cardamoms - 1 tablespoon

Method

Combine all the ground spices into a jar and mix together. Into a balti dish or small frying pan toast the whole spices until they're just starting to brown or smoke. Put them into a grinder and grind them. Combine them into the jar with the pre-ground spices and mix further.