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🇵🇹 The spices of Portugal

11 spices from Portugal, best known first, across 4 cities, markets and growing areas.

Market Port Growing area City Spice centre

Spice cities and markets of Portugal

Alcochete 1 north-central Portugal 1 Ria Formosa 1 Lisbon

🇯🇲 Jamaica and 2 moreAllspice The dried green berry of a tropical tree, named for its blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove notes.Fruit · Warm and sweet-spiced · Sweet and mellow

🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 moreBay Laurelδάφνη The dried leaf of a Mediterranean evergreen, used to infuse slow-cooked dishes with herbal depth.Sharp and pungent · Bitter

🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreCoriander The leaves and dried seeds of an annual Mediterranean herb used in cuisines worldwide.Leaf · Citrus and bright · Warm and sweet-spiced

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Allspice: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
Bay Laurel: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us, source
Coriander: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly digest

Every Monday: seven spices you may not know, what is cooking this week, and one blend explained step by step.