This is a close relative of oregan, but it´s more delicate and softer than that. It appears in a lot of French and Italian dishes, especially in tomato sauces, pizzas, vinager dressings, aubergines and pasta.

There are a lot of mint varieties (around 600) and they are used is salty dishes as well as in sweet ones. The most common varieties in cooking are “piperita peppermint” and mint. “Piperita peppermint” is used in plants infusions, salads, lemon desserts and cakes.

It is originally from the Mediterranean area and western Asia. Its best known use is for the elaboration of mustard sauce. However, it has other uses as well: grain mustard gives a nice flavour to marinated dishes and pickles, powder mustard is an essential ingredient of English roast-beaf. Adding a little  powdered mustard to mayonnaise sauce, gives...

It is originally from the Mediterranean area and western Asia. Its best known use is for the elaboration of mustard sauce. However, it has other uses as well: grain mustard gives a nice flavour to marinated dishes and pickles, powder mustard is an essential ingredient of English roast-beaf. Adding a little  powdered mustard to mayonnaise sauce, gives...

Nutmeg is the seed of a tropical tree, originally from ”The Moluccas”. It is used above all to flavor confectionary, sweets, puddings, punches, sauces such as “bechamel”. It´s excellent with mashed potatoes, with spinachs and with some Italian pastas.

Nutmeg is the seed of a tropical tree, originally from ”The Moluccas”. It is used above all to flavor confectionary, sweets, puddings, punches, sauces such as “bechamel”. It´s excellent with mashed potatoes, with spinachs and with some Italian pastas.

It has a lot in common with marjoram, although its flavour is stronger. It´s flavour is the quintessence of pizza, and, as is the case with marjoram, it is used in vinager dressings, pastas, aubergines, seafood and salads.

It is perhaps, the most popular aromatic plant in Spain, although it is used and cultivated all over the world. It gives a fresh flavour to the sauces, salads, omeletes, eggs, rice, seafood, fresh cheeses, meats and poultries and it gives above all a touch of colour to every dish.

This is one of the oldest known spices and its weight was paid in gold. To obtain  black pepper, the grains are collected when they are still green and they are dried out. While they are drying the grains turn black. White pepper comes from grains which are already ripened and of a red color. Thay are soaked in water during 3 or 4 days and the outer...

This is one of the oldest known spices and its weight was paid in gold. To obtain  black pepper, the grains are collected when they are still green and they are dried out. While they are drying the grains turn black. White pepper comes from grains which are already ripened and of a red color. Thay are soaked in water during 3 or 4 days and the outer...

This is one of the oldest known spices and its weight was paid in gold. To obtain  black pepper, the grains are collected when they are still green and they are dried out. While they are drying the grains turn black. White pepper comes from grains which are already ripened and of a red color. Thay are soaked in water during 3 or 4 days and the outer...

This is one of the oldest known spices and its weight was paid in gold. To obtain  black pepper, the grains are collected when they are still green and they are dried out. While they are drying the grains turn black. White pepper comes from grains which are already ripened and of a red color. Thay are soaked in water during 3 or 4 days and the outer...