Lebanese Seven Spice Mix

Lebanese seven spice mix is a warm and rich blend of spices for seasoning meat, and a core ingredient in many Levantine beef or lamb dishes. The Lebanese seven spice is stirred through minced meat for kibbeh, qeunelle-shaped deep fried parcels of mince-meat, and kofta, where the spiced minced meat is mixed with bulgur wheat, and vegetables to form a smooth paste, and then formed into meat-balls.

The Arabic word for spices is baharat, so the Lebanaese seven spice mix might also be called baharat.

Ingredients: Pepper, cinnamon, pimento, cloves, cumin, fenugreek, caraway, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, coriander, salt, turmeric, cornmeal, garlic, chilli, fennel, bay leaves.