How to Make Lebanese Seven Spice Rub

This spice rub is a wonderful blend of 7 spices used in many Lebanese Dishes. While we enjoy Lebanese and Mediterranean cooking, we have found this spice rub works well on a variety of meats. Including pork, chicken, lamb, and fish. Incorporate it into your favorite recipes.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Allspice
• Black Pepper
• Cinnamon
• Ground Cloves
• Ground Nutmeg
• Fenugreek
• Powdered Ginger

1. 

   The easiest way to make this spice blend is to buy the spices already ground into powder form. Mix each spice in equal parts. If you desire a larger mix, use larger portions of each spice.

2. 

   For those with more culinary experience you may wish to start with whole spices. You can then grind them yourself.

   In a small frying pan, medium high heat, dry the allspice, peppercorns, cinnamon (broken into pieces), cloves, fenugreek seeds, and the nutmeg. Be very careful with the fenugreek, if the seeds burn they become quite bitter.

   The aroma of these spices roasting is worth the effort.

   Place the spices into a grinder and grind into a powder. You can use a coffee grinder. Beware that your next cup of coffee may be interesting.

3. 

   Place the powdered spice mixture into a glass jar. Mason jars work great to form an air tight container. Shake the jar to blend. I have found the spices keep well in the pantry. Other experts recommend storing in the refrigerator.

4. 

   Rub the spice mixture onto your favorite cut of meat at least 2 hours prior to cooking. I recommend cooking on a gas grill. If rubbing on a leg of lamb, consider using a motorized rotisserie.