British Mixed Spice Recipes

The aromatic scent of holidays and Mum's home baking, mixed spice is an essential jar on the spice rack. Mixed spice is a blend of sweet spices traditionally used in English cooking to provide a warming backnote. This typically English spice mixture can be purchased ready-mixed, but I prefer to make my own, as I find it difficult to find in France and I have my own special blend. It is essential for fruit cakes, Christmas plum pudding, mincemeat and hot cross buns; mixed spice is also a great addition to other fruity desserts such as apple & fruit pies, crumbles and compotes. Try it in cream cheese desserts, pickles, chutneys and mulled wine too. Make it up and buy the spices needed in small quantities, as the mixture soon loses its full rich flavour. Allspice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger are the usual blend of spices, but I sometimes like to add a few ground cardamom seeds as well as some ground coriander seeds. This spice mixture makes an unusual and attractive gift - tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar, with pretty paper and then add a seasonal recipe tag.

Provided by French Tart

Categories     Berries

Time 5m

Yield 1 Small Jar

Number Of Ingredients 7

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A homemade combination of spices to use in a recipe asking for "mixed spice"

Provided by julia_piercy

Time 10m

Yield Makes Jar

Number Of Ingredients 0

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Our Christmas spice mix can bring festive cheer to many dishes and drinks. Mix into a latte, sprinkle into your biscuit dough, or stir into buttercream

Provided by Miriam Nice

Categories     Condiment

Time 5m

Yield Makes 100g

Number Of Ingredients 9

Nutrition Facts : Calories 6 calories, Fat 0.2 grams fat, SaturatedFat 0.1 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 0.3 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 0.3 grams sugar, Fiber 1.1 grams fiber, Protein 0.2 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium

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This originally came from Helen's British Cooking website. They are lovely lightly spiced, crisp biscuits (cookies), perfect for serving with tea. Mixed spice can be replaced by either pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice if British mixed spice is unavailable.

Provided by Heather Sullivan

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 24 biscuits(cookies)

Number Of Ingredients 6

Nutrition Facts : Calories 104.1, Fat 4.2, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 25.6, Sodium 1.4, Carbohydrate 15.3, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 6.3, Protein 1.5

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