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RECIPES
With thanks to Ian Hemphill, Kate Hemphill and the Spice & Herb
Bible, we have three recipes to download. Click on the recipe
names to download a PDF. The first, featured on the front cover,
is for Baharat beef with olives. Then, as seen on the opening
spread of this feature is a recipe for Indian Butter Chicken. In
addition there is the recipe for Vietnamese Pho soup.
Future perfect
Hemphill advocates the fact that people
can use spices as an alternative to salt
and sugar, and therefore be healthier.
He says, "Replacing excessive amounts
of salt, sugar and fats with spices is one
of the easiest ways to truly enjoy healthy
food. We often have customers come to
our store who have been told by doctors
and dieticians to use spices, not for the
spices medicinal properties, but to simply
make healthy food tasty, enjoyable and
satisfying."
Hemphill's tips for spice trends in
2015 are that there will be a focus on
fresh, healthy ingredients spiced with
combinations of herbs and spices used in
the Middle East and North Africa. He also
tips that authentic Mexican and South
American flavours (not supermarket TexMex offerings)
will be on the rise. "Cooks
can now make dishes like Mole Poblano
using Ancho, Pasilla, Mulato and Chipotle
chillies." When asked what he deems the
most underused spice/herb in the world,
he says it is Ajowan, a tiny seed used
in Indian cooking. "It contains a higher
percentage of Thymol than the herb
thyme," he says, "and gives both a herby
and spicy note to all carbohydrates and is
great with vegetables."
The Spice & Herb Bible, 3rd
edition, is available from
bookshops from £19.95.
Vietnamese Pho (soup)