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Home/Asian Pantry/LunaCafe Chinese Ten-Spice: Heavenly Harmony

LunaCafe Chinese Ten-Spice: Heavenly Harmony

LunaCafe Chinese Ten-Spice: Heavenly HarmonyI’ve always been a huge fan of Chinese Five Spice. The aroma and flavor is magic.

But as wonderful as Chinese Five-Spice is (with its combination of star anise, clove, canela, fennel, and Sichuan peppercorn), Chinese Ten-Spice is even more evocative with a breadth and depth of flavor that’s difficult to describe and easy to love.

LunaCafe Chinese Ten-SpiceThe addition of two decidedly savory elements—cumin and black peppercorn–give it a distinguishable complexity. Coriander adds an elusive lemon note. Allspice adds a nutmeg note (in addition to cinnamon and clove). And anise adds an additional licorice note.

LunaCafe Chinese Ten-Spice: Heavenly HarmonyPerhaps the most amazing thing about this spice blend is how well it compliments both sweet and savory dishes. It’s heavenly with pork for instance. And I love it with chocolate.

Jump to the recipe …

LunaCafe Chinese Five-Spice Recipes

  • Blackberry Lime Syrup with Star Anise
  • Chinese Cracker Jacks
  • Heavenly Hot Chocolate Mix–with Seven Variations
  • Silver Bells (Chinese Five Spice Butter Cookies)

More LunaCafe Spice Blends

  • Baharat
  • Chinese Five Spice
  • Garam Masala
  • Mejadra Spice
  • Ras el Hanout
  • Smokin’ Hot Cajun Spice
  • Warm Winter Spice

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Written by:
Susan S. Bradley
Published on:
January 24, 2015

Categories: Asian Pantry, Asian Spices | Sauces | Marinades, Asian-InspiredTags: Asian pantry, Asian recipes, Asian spices, Asian-inspired, recipe, spice blend

About Susan S. Bradley

Intrepid cook, food writer, culinary instructor, creator of the LunaCafe blog, author of Pacific Northwest Palate: Four Seasons of Great Cooking, and former director of the Northwest Culinary Academy.

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  1. Margaret

    December 31, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Hi Susan, The spice blend looks beautiful….I can almost smell it! Just wondering though, why only 9 ingredients but called Chinese ten-spice.

    • Susan S. Bradley

      December 31, 2015 at 8:52 pm

      Margaret, great catch, thank you! The 10th spice, anise, was missing. The post is now corrected. 🙂

  2. Karen

    February 3, 2015 at 12:09 pm

    What a wonderful idea to make your own! So much better.

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