Creating a warm, harmonious atmosphere at home and providing healthy, homemade food for your family can sometimes be a challenge in a busy schedule. The lack of time often means that we fall back on ready-made products full of artificial additives, at the expense of the pure experience and quality of our food. Jacob Hooy Speculaas Spice Mix Authentic Spice Blend offers the perfect, natural solution for making traditional and wholesome baked goods yourself. With this carefully composed blend of pure spices, you bring warmth, cosiness and vitality together in your own kitchen.

Key benefits

• Authentic spice blend: A carefully composed combination of traditional spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
• 100% pure and natural: Free from artificial fragrances, colourings and flavourings for a conscious and responsible lifestyle.
• Perfect for home baking: Ideal for preparing artisan speculaas biscuits and speculaas chunks for the whole family.

How it works

Jacob Hooy's authentic speculaas spice blend combines the natural properties of various traditional spices. Cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and clove naturally contain active substances and essential oils that not only provide a deep, characteristic flavour, but also support a warming effect. By mixing these ingredients in the right proportions, a harmonious blend is created that gives your baked goods a full flavour without the need for synthetic additives. This supports a conscious way of enjoying food and fits excellently into an active, healthy lifestyle.

Composition

Ingredients

Cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, allspice, ginger, coriander seed, mace, cardamom

Use & Dosage

Requirements for speculaas biscuits or speculaas chunks: 500g self-raising flour (or 500g plain flour and 5 tablespoons of baking powder), 325g butter, 225g brown sugar, 30g peeled or flaked almonds, 20g speculaas spice mix, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 egg. Mix the flour (or plain flour with baking powder), sugar, speculaas spice mix and salt. Then add the butter and knead everything until a smooth ball of dough forms. Place this in the refrigerator for 1 hour. For speculaas biscuits: roll out the dough on a buttered speculaas board and fill the shapes, cutting away excess dough. Press flaked almonds on top if desired. Turn the board over onto a buttered baking tray. For speculaas chunks: roll out the dough to a thickness of 1cm and place on a buttered baking tray. Press in peeled almonds if desired and brush the top with a beaten egg. Place the baking tray in a preheated oven, temperature 150-170 degrees (gas oven setting 2 or 3), for 20-25 minutes for the speculaas biscuits and 45-50 minutes for the speculaas chunks.

Safety & Disclaimer

Store dry and sealed. This product is a foodstuff intended for culinary use. Ensure a varied, balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.