Allspice

Pimenta dioica

spice

Dried berries of a tropical American tree of the clove family, tasting of clove, nutmeg and cinnamon at once; in marinades, jerk and spiced breads. Its scent comes from eugenol.

Origin

Jamaica and Central America

Season (United States)

imported · all year round

Preparation

Whole, the berries flavor the dish and are then taken out; ground, they are eaten.

Molecules

Eugenol

Did you know?

Its names tell its taste: allspice, and in French tout-épice, quatre-épices, clove-pepper — and in the French Caribbean, bois d'Inde.