What Is Sucuk Spice Blend?
Sucuk spice blend is a flavorful blend of salt, sweet paprika, cumin, allspice, hot paprika, garlic, cinnamon, black pepper, and fenugreek. It is widely preferred for its distinctive color, rich flavor, and aromatic character. Made entirely from natural spices and containing no additives, you are sure to love this authentic sucuk spice blend!
How Is Sucuk Spice Blend Used?
Sucuk spice blend can be used when making homemade sucuk. It can also be used in a wide variety of dishes, including meatballs, soups, stuffed rice, vegetable dishes, meatless çiğ köfte, meat and chicken marinades, olive oil–based stuffed vine leaves, meze, and salads. You can use this ready-to-use sucuk spice blend to add rich flavor to a wide range of dishes.
How to Use Sucuk Spice Blend
Add sucuk spice blend to stews, soups, vegetable dishes, rice, and stuffing mixtures as a seasoning. You can also season and marinate meat and chicken with this blend before cooking. Add it to ground meat mixtures and içli köfte fillings while kneading. It can also be used to garnish and enhance the flavor of meze and salads.
Our Favorite Recipes
• Homemade Beef Sucuk
• Turkish-Style Meatballs
• Meatless Çiğ Köfte
Spicy Ezme
Ingredients
• 6 long red chili peppers (Arnavut biberi)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 slice of stale bread, crust removed
• 1 Turkish tea glass of olive oil
• 1 cup ground walnuts
• 2 teaspoons sucuk spice blend
• 5–6 sprigs of dill
• 5–6 sprigs of parsley
• 1–2 pickles
Preparation
• Soak the red peppers in boiling salted water until softened.
• Peel the softened peppers and remove the seeds.
• Place the peppers, tomato paste, olive oil, bread, dill, parsley, and sucuk spice blend in a food processor. Process until the mixture reaches a smooth consistency.
• Add the ground walnuts and pickles, then pulse 1–2 more times until combined.
• Transfer the spicy ezme to a serving dish and drizzle with olive oil before serving.
