English pickling spice mixture

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This is an English recipe for a pickling spice mixture or mixed spice.

It would commonly be used when pickling fruit and vegetables in vinegar.

It is also used in rollmops or soused herrings.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sized pieces of dried ginger
• 1.5 tablespoons mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon mace
• 3 tablespoons allspice
• 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
• 2.5 tablespoons clove buds
• 2 tablespoons coriander seeds

Method

1. Place add of the ingredients in a clean muslin bag to flavour the vinegar to be used for pickling .
2. They could also be added directly to the vinegar
3. You could also grind all the ingredients with a coffee grinder to make a powdered spice mixture, in which case, you could use ginger powder instead of dried ginger pieces.