: hi: Julifera, Thank you for bringing up such an important topic as spices. In Russian traditional cuisine, spices are used unforgivably little. Lack of information leads to the fact that often incompatible is mixed and the dish can simply be thrown away. The combination of spices in your recipe is very interesting, you will have to try. In these proportions, is there a predominance of smell and taste of allspice?
lungwort - I absolutely agree, we often don’t know what, how and with what can be mixed, how to properly improve the taste and smell.
The proportions that I have given are basic, traditional.
But our tastes are very individual - for our person from being unaccustomed, perhaps something will be too odorous and intolerable.
Therefore, I suggest starting everything with minimal parts, for example:
take 1 part = 1/8 tsp
(I have this size in measuring spoons)
I most often use 2 approaches:
First option:1. I accept 1 part = 1/8 tsp
2. Grind each spice separately in a mortar.
3. I take the right amount of parts of all spices according to the recipe.
Now I'm sniffing.
And in the end, in the collected proportion, zira hits me hard in the nose, it doesn't suit me, and let's say nutmeg is too bright for me in such an amount. Perhaps for someone and allspice will be too much.
4. I take and add all the spices as many more parts (as follows the recipe) EXCEPT those that seemed overly bright to me (in my case, I add everything except cumin and nutmeg).
Second option: I know ahead of time which spices are excessive for me, and I take 4 times less of them!
Then I add them a little to the finished mixture until the mixture absorbs them harmoniously.
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I told you how I could, I hope it helps you