Recipe for Jerk Spice

Jerk seasoning It's a classic Jamaican spice blend that is typically a mix of sweet notes from onion and sugar, in combination with spicy Scotch bonnet peppers, allspice, thyme and different other flavourings. You can make Jerk seasoning at home whit a classic recipe or add your taste preferences to the mix.

Jerk is a combination of complex flavours that works wonders with a lot of different dishes, such as barbeques pork and chicken dishes as well as seafood. You can use Jerk Spice as a marinade for the barbeque with orange marmalade, as a dry rub or in a stew. The options are endless.

For the Jerk Spice you need:

• 1 tablespoon brown sugar

• 1 tablespoon thyme dried

• 1 tablespoon onion powder

• 1 tablespoon garlic powder

• 2 teaspoon Scotch bonnet peppers flakes or cayenne pepper flakes

• 2 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 2 teaspoon ground allspice

• 2 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper ground

• 1 teaspoon sweet red pepper flakes

• ½ teaspoon ground cumin

• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

How you make the Jerk Spice:

1. Ground your spices in a mortar and pestle or in a spice grinder.

2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until fully combined.

3. Store the Jerk Spice in an airtight spice jar.

4. Use whenever you want to.

This blend is excellent as a marinade for the barbeque. Try Jerk Chicken, Jerk pork or why not Jerk lobster at your next barbeque party.

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