Spices & Extras

Mercury's sudžuk blend — the cured-sausage spice. Bulgarian sausage-house recipe: cumin + black pepper + paprika + dried garlic + the salt-cure pro...

Sharena Sol — Bulgaria's already-seasoned table salt. Harmony Foods' classic shopska-table blend: coarse salt + savory (chubritsa) + paprika + drie...

Black pepper freshly ground over a pot of sarma or a plate of grilled meat is the smell of a proper Balkan kitchen at work. This is Pride of Malaba...

Chubritsa — Bulgaria's signature herb in dried-crush form. Harmony Foods packs the savory leaf the Bulgarian kitchen uses where other cuisines reac...

Vegeta is the seasoning jar every Balkan kitchen keeps by the stove, stirred into the pot before anything else goes in. This is Vegeta Fine Blend s...

In a German kitchen the Fix sachet is what a Tuesday looks like - minced beef in the pan, the bag torn open over it, and the sauce done before the ...

Zacin C Vegetable Seasoning is a 1kg bag of all-purpose vegetable seasoning from Zacin C — one of the most ubiquitous cooking seasonings in the Bal...

Livada Mititei Seasoning — Romanian mititei (mici) seasoning from Livada, the spice blend for the grilled skinless minced-meat rolls that define Ro...

Salatkrönung was the packet in every European pantry that turned a plain salad into a proper dinner-table dressing in one shake. Knorr's Salatkrönu...

Vispak Tajna Grah i Variva Beans and Stew Seasoning is a 60g Bosnian spice blend — a dry seasoning mix calibrated for the Bosnian bean and legume s...

Podravka Fant Seasoning Mix for Baked Beans is a pre-measured spice and herb blend calibrated for Croatian bean dishes — the Podravka shortcut for ...

The smell of paprika going into the pot is the smell of Sunday lunch cooking for hours. Bende Hungarian Hot Paprika comes in a 6oz (170g) tin. Stir...

Magiya Vostoka Ground Black Pepper — Russian-pantry small jar. The salt-and-pepper-shaker companion every Russian kitchen keeps next to the stove. ...

Detelina's whole dried sweet peppers, deseeded. Bulgarian-village dried kapija peppers for the cook who wants to grind their own paprika or rehydra...

Aroma Futoška Hot — Vojvodina's wake-the-palate paprika. The Futog-village hot variety, ground bright crimson with a slow-build warmth that finishe...

A small jar of whole black peppercorns kept next to the stove is a staple in nearly every Balkan kitchen, ready for the grinder before dinner. Alka...

The smell of ground cumin in the spice rack is the smell of a stew simmering, or the seasoning worked into meat before it hits the grill. This Grou...

The smell of cinnamon dusted over warm baklava, or stirred right into the coffee grounds, means home to a lot of us. This is Adonis Spices' Ground ...

The smell of cinnamon meant holiday baking was underway, dusted over pastries cooling on the counter. This is Magiya Vostoka Ground Cinnamon, a Rus...

Nestlé's diaspora seasoning, Serbian-market formula. Dehydrated vegetable + savory salt blend in the Vegeta tradition, calibrated for the Belgrade ...

The smaller container of the same seasoning that lives in the kitchen cabinet, refilled again and again. Vegeta all-purpose seasoning comes in a 17...

The packet that finishes the paprikash sauce. Aroma's Fix beef goulash blend — Serbian-recipe dehydrated vegetables + sweet paprika + onion + flour...

Aroma Orient — Serbian-pantry ground black pepper. Belgrade-house ground peppercorn, calibrated for the Serbian kitchen that pepper-finishes everyt...

Macedonian kapija, ground to powder. Alpojo's red pepper — Skopje-area dried sweet pepper, ground to deep crimson. Dust over ajvar before the spoon...