Top Five Ethnic Pantry Spices to Wow Your Guests in 2019

December 28, 2018

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(Gerry Furth-Sides) What makes restaurant cooking taste so special? Often it is the seasonings and the technique. These five items designed for use as that “special” touch in restaurants are also available for home use. Hepp Finishing Salts give you a variety of professional finishing salts. These pure, high-quality, organic sea salts have been harvested directly from source. They are the key to finishing off a gourmet dinner party in your dining room, grilled food at a backyard picnic or for that special touch by cocktail aficionados.

(1) New Hepp’s Salt Co.’s Specialty Salt Passport Collection from The Grommet. This extraordinary finishing salt gift set will elevate everyday dishes with globally-inspired flavors. The collection is made without any additives, artificial flavorings or anti-caking agents and comes with flavor profiles and suggested cuisines to use them in the most professional way. $65 at www.thegrommet.com. Specialty Salt Passport Collection is made in the USA in Minneapolis, MN. Dimensions: 8.25″ x 6.5″ x 2.5″ and Weight: 2.75 lbs.

The 100% all-natural sea salt seasoning collection with unique flavors inspired by global cuisines, arrives packaged in a wonderful, natural wooden box with a sliding top.

Himalayan Pink: Himalayan salt
Black Lava: Sea salt, activated charcoal
Black Truffle: Sea salt, black summer truffle
White Truffle: Sea salt, white alba truffle
Roasted Garlic: Sea salt, roasted garlic
Lemon: Sea salt, lemon
Ghost Pepper: Sea salt, naga jolokia pepper
Thai Ginger: Sea salt, ginger
Spanish Flake: Flake sea salt from Spain
Applewood Smoke: Natural smoked sea salt

(2) A.Vogel Herbed Sea Salt and A.Vogel Spicy Sea Salt, made with 12 organic herbs and fresh harvested vegetables does the sous chef’s work for you a twist of chili and red pepper added. Spicy goes well with all tangy dishes, such as pasta, pizza, Mexican and Asian recipes, meat dishes and grilled seafood. The combinations make the seasonings ideal for adding “heat” instead of spikes of pepper to any dish.

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(3) Spice Island’s New Line of Seasonings contained in the company’s pretty boxed set will inspire global cooking with these products. The Spice Island website, filled with details, recipes, and most of the sources, will encourage the hesitant flavor adventurer to new heights. We find we use the hickory seasoning in just about any dish and enjoy the Indian black Tellicherry pepper in the convenient grinder. This collection goes along with the wonderful current trend of local ingredients and international seasonings. For information on the history of the spices and also where to purchase the line, please see: http://spiceislands.com

Spice Islands Telecherry Black Peppercorn (grinder), vintage Old Hickory Smoked Salt, Harissa, Chipotle Chili (grinder)

Spice Islands Pure Mediterranean Sea Salt

(4) Home cooks actually can season with the spices designed to be used in quantity in a restaurant kitchen. These specialty Turkish salts must be directly purchased from a restaurant that uses them.

SpireWorks™ brings the Turkish love for Döner (seasoned ground meats cooked around a huge skewer at a vertical grill; the sizzling browned cooked parts thinly sliced off for serving) into your home. SpireWorks™ Americanized the concept from a Turkish restaurant specialty to a broadened “Döner American Style”. Seasonings are the key to enjoying that ethnic Döner flavor and they can be purchased for home use. These proprietary seasoning mixtures developed by Chef Kuniko, were inspired by the Japanese shaker Furikake, the ubiquitous rice flavoring from her native Japan. These spice blends are refined and possessed of a depth of flavors bringing the restaurant right into your kitchen.

For information on purchasing the SpireWorks™ spices, please see: www.SpireWorks.com

(5) There is just enough spice in the spicy seasonings available for purchase from 800-Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria. They contain the same seasoning blends used at the pizzeria known for its authentic (guild-approved) Neapolitan-style wood-fired pizza and top quality gourmet side dishes. 800 Degrees lives up to their slogan of having “an Italian soul and American heart.” For more information on restaurants where the spices can be purchased or to shop online, please visit www.800degreespizza.com.