Has it happened to you that when you want to prepare a special dish you find that you ran out of an essential spice to prepare the recipe? Or that you have all the ingredients and you are only missing one spice. At those moments you may think about aborting the idea of making the dish or replacing the missing spice with something else without knowing which would be the most appropriate. This last case would be the most convenient, so that you are not left wanting to eat a delicious dish. And how to replace one spice with another without losing the original flavor of the dish may not be a simple task, today we will help you do it in the best way.
Spice Substitutions
1. Salty spices
For savory dishes, pepper is one of the most important spices. You can use black pepper or white pepper interchangeably, although in those dishes where white pepper is essential you should know that black pepper will change the color of the food.
Another spice that you may need in savory dishes is oregano. If you don't have it, you can replace it with marjoram. Tarragon is an excellent flavoring that combines a sweet flavor with a very characteristic spicy flavor. If you need it, you can replace it with calendula.
2. Sweet spices
Nutmeg is one of the spices in sweet dishes par excellence. If you are missing it, you can replace it with mace, widely used in sweet dishes of Indian and Chinese food. Allspice is another very common spice in sweet recipes; cloves along with cinnamon and nutmeg can replace it perfectly.
3. Hot spices
In spicy dishes, turmeric is an essential spice, when turmeric is missing, saffron is the substitute spice par excellence. Curry is a spice that is made with the combination of other spices. If you want to prepare it at home, combine a little cumin, ground red pepper, ginger, ground coriander and turmeric, you will see that it has the same effect as curry. Chili powder gives an unmatched flavor to meals. If you don't have it, replace it with bottled hot sauce with a touch of cumin and oregano, this will give it the perfect touch.
Dry mustard is another spice that is not lacking in spicy dishes, which comes from the seed of the mustard plant. This is not so easy to replace and will depend a lot on the dish you are preparing. In salads you can replace it with prepared mustard. To prepare the mustard, combine a teaspoon of powdered mustard with a tablespoon of prepared mustard and you will see that it will have the same effect. You can also choose to replace the dry mustard with horseradish, although it is recommended only in cold dishes, since when subjected to heat it can lose its seasoning.
