Fri, Feb-10-06, 23:42
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Location: Vancouver Island, BC
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Originally Posted by greannmhar
Mixed spice is sold here as a mix - would that be Allspice with you? I imagine it contains the usual cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, so you could use whatever proportions/spices you particularly liked.
The oven temp at 320 is about right - my oven is a fan oven, so if you're using an ordinary one it might need to be a tad higher.
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Greetings, Babs.
Over here in North America, the closest commonly available mixed spice thing is known as either Gingerbread or Pumpkin Pie Spice... though those of us with Dutch heritage might know it as Speculaas Spice.
"Allspice" is actually a single spice, despite the name, mildly reminiscent of cloves and nutmeg together but with a nice tang all its own, from Jamaica.
Lovely stuff, I mix it up into my own personal all-purpose mixed "gingerbread/pumpkin pie" spice blend, consisting of Cinnamon, Ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg (or Mace), Cloves. Yummy.
Also, I think the "fan ovens" are known over here as convection ovens, we usually need to set those to a slightly lower temperature on the dial than a standard oven (like my gas oven), so I'd try the recipe at 300F or thereabouts...
Nice sounding recipe, by the way! I must add it to my list of good stuff to be trying...
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