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Spice Breeze is a monthly culinary escape in a box and spice subscription. Each package contains either 2 or 4 spice kits that include both your spice blend and a recipe. Choose the Duo which includes 2 pre-chosen spice kits for $5.90 each month or the Quad that includes the 2 spice kits that come in the Duo as well as 2 spice kits of your own choosing for $11.85. NAT received this package at no cost for review purposes.

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Everything that we received in our Spice Breeze package for February.

So what is all this stuff?

Our first recipe for the month is a Vietnamese dish called Banh Mi Xiu Mai and is the popular Vietnamese sandwich we’ve become so accustomed to in Vietnamese restaurants.

This recipe seems pretty simple and only requires 30 minutes hands on. The spice blend for this recipe includes; annatto, black pepper, Sichuan pepper, fennel, Vietnamese cinnamon, star anise and cloves.

Next is Biber Dolmasi which are Turkey’s interpretation of stuffed bell peppers. This looks delicious but we wanted to go more exotic for our recipe this month!

The recipe for this is pretty simple and also only requires 30 minutes of hands on cooking. Our spice blend includes; paprika, Aleppo pepper, mint, cumin and black pepper.

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Something interesting that Spice Breeze has been doing is in lieu of a particular recipe they include a spice and different ways it can be used. This month they included Pink Peppercorns and two recipes you can use with them. The first was Coconut Panna Cotta which they also included Agar Agar to go along with . The second was Caprese with Pears.

We decided to make the panna cotta which was very simple. We brought to a boil 1 tsp on agar agar and 1 and a half cups of coconut milk.

Then we mix in the lime juice, honey, vanilla, heavy cream and salt and bring to a boil.

Then we pour it into cups and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Once it’s solid you top it with fruit and pink peppercorns!

The final spice kit for the month is Crepes which is a French tradition (that we make in our house quite often).

This recipe is a little more involved than the others but still only requires 30 minutes hands on. Our spice blends include; beetroot powder and togarashi – a blend of chili peppers, orange peel, black sesame seed, seaweed, white sesame seed, sansho pepper and ginger.

First we sift together our flour and our beetroot powder.

Then separately we mix together our milk and water.

Then we add this to our flour mixture one tablespoon at a time.

Then we mix in the eggs, butter and salt.

Then we let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile…

Mix your cream cheese and chives.

As well as heat your pan, add a little oil and your sliced garlic.

Then add your mushrooms and spinach

Cook until the mushrooms are just soft.

Now you’ll start your crepes. This batter is thin so you want it to spread our and cover the base of the pan to create a nice circle. Cook until the top is dry and then flip.

We used two crepe pans to expediate the process.

Once you take them off the burner add your cream cheese mixture and roll them up.

Then you’ll top them with grated gruyere and the togarashi as well as your spinach and mushroom mixture.

Our cross section… these were delish!

So in summary

Presentation: Our spices always look so beautiful in our Spice Breeze package and they arrive to us perfectly

Quality: We love that they use organic spice blends and there really is an art to creating these delicious kits!

Curation: Once again we feel like they gave us such an amazing variety and flavor range to work with this month!

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notatreeblog · 6 years ago

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Spice Breeze is a monthly culinary spice subscription box. Each package contains recipes with corresponding spices in the amount of your choice. Choose the Duo and receive 2 pre-selected spice kits for $5.90 monthly. Choose the Quad and receive 2 pre-selected recipes and choose 2 of your own for $11.85 monthly. Not a Tree Reviews received this package at no cost for review purposes.

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Here’s the Box Breakdown

Our first glimpse inside the Spice Breeze “Happy Holidays” themed package for December.

Everything that we received for December. This month we received a fun licorice candy recipe which is a stray from the ordinary!

So what is all this stuff?

Our first recipe is Lebkuchensauce a Polish gingerbread spice mix. This sauce is like licorice and can be poured over mashed potatoes, sausage or any dish you’d like.

This spice packet includes; cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg and licorice

Next up we have our Khoresh Fesenjan, a Persian spice kit. This dish is served on Shabe Yalda – the longest night of the year.

This spice packet includes turmeric, cinnamon, orange peel, cardamom and rosebud. This dish sounded delicious but we ran out of pomegranate molasses and have to order it from Amazon, so we figured we’d try something with ingredients that were a bit more accessible.

Second to last we have Keshi Yena an Aruban (very first time we’ve received an Aruban recipe) spice kit. While this recipe looked fantastic to us – you fill the shell of a cheese wheel with meat, peppers and tons of other flavorful ingredients, our husband detests cheese so we’ll keep this one for a big lunch cheat day!

Our spice packet for this dish included; black pepper, garlic, onion, Hatch chiles, shallots, oregano and sage.

Our final recipe and the one we decided to create for the month. This twist on classic beef stroganoff includes juniper cacao. This is traditionally a Russian – French recipe.

Our spice kit includes; juniper, roasted cacao, black pepper, allspice, cinnamon, cloves and of course our second packet includes delicious pink peppercorns which are tangy and bright!

To create this recipe we slice our beef into 1 inch slices.

At the same time we start our noodles.

Now we’ll salt and pepper our beef and coat it in flour.

Then fry on each side for 3 minutes.

Remove your beef from the pan and add 1 tablespoon of oil, then add your chopped onion.

Cook until translucent and then add your first spice packet, mushrooms and garlic.

Cook until your mushrooms are almost done.

Now add the juice of one orange

As well as your cream and cook for 2 minutes.

Add the beef to the mixture, stir and top with pink peppercorns! We served this over wide noodles and it was a hit with the whole family!

So in summary

Presentation: We always love the way the spices look in side the Spice Breeze package.

Quality: We love the blends that the Spice Breeze subscription creates. Many of the spices are organic as well!

Curation: We feel like this month’s mix was varied and we love that they included an Aruban blend, that one is really new and interesting to us.

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Spice Breeze Subscription Box Review + Unboxing | December 2018 Spice Breeze is a monthly culinary spice subscription box. Each package contains recipes with corresponding spices in the amount of your choice.

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