Homemade Beau Monde – you will love this spice
Make your own Homemade Beau Monde Seasoning Mix and store it in a tightly closed container to use in recipes. It’s fun to make your own seasoning blends.
Beau Monde seasoning is a seasoning mixture. Basic versions are composed of salt, onion powder and celery powder. Some versions include additional ingredients such as garlic, clove, bay leaf, nutmeg, allspice, mace and others. The company Spice Islands manufactures a version of the seasoning and owns the trademark to the name.
Spice Islands is an American brand of spices and herbs that began in 1941. The spices are manufactured in Ankeny, Iowa, the largest spice manufacturing facility in the world. The brand is owned by B&G Foods, Inc.
In French, beau monde means “beautiful world”.
The company’s name is taken from the famous “Spice Islands” of Indonesia, aka the Maluku Islands, which are the original home of many famous spices such as nutmeg and cloves.
Try some of our other spice blend recipes.
Homemade Beau Monde
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ground cloves
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp ground bay leaf
- 1 tbsp ground allspice
- 1 tbsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground mace
- 1 tsp ground celery seed
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine cloves, onion powder, salt, ground bay leaf, allspice, pepper, white pepper nutmeg, mace, and celery seed.
- Mix with a spoon until the combination looks like one color or as close as possible.
- Pour the seasoning mix into a jar with a tight-fitting lid and store in a cool, dry place up to six months.
