Alspice…Black Pepper…Cinnamon…Clove…Fenugreek…Nutmeg…Ginger, a lively group of ‘friends’ hailing from Lebanon that I picked up at Seattle’s Spanish Table recently. They made the perfect addition to my pre-Christmas ‘exotic culinary adventures’.
This is a cozy meal using roast lamb, butternut squash, spinach, onion, cilantro, a teaspoon of tomato paste, toasted pine nuts, chicken stock and plenty of Lebanese Seven Spice. I served it over brown rice that I steamed with some bits of orange rind. Quick and easy. Now back to wrapping those Christmas gifts!