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If you don’t have ground allspice at your grocery store, you can buy the berries and grind them yourself or you can make an allspice substitute from more common spices.
Grinding Real Allspice
Find whole allspice berries at a bulk spice or tea store. The whole berries last much longer than powdered berries. You can also purchase the berries through an online spice retailer.
Place one teaspoon of the berries into a clean coffee grinder. To maximize freshness, only grind as much as you are going to use at once.
Cover the coffee grinder with a lid. Grind for 15 seconds. Look inside the coffee grinder to see if the allspice is powdery. If it isn’t powdered yet, repeat the grinding for another 10 to 15 seconds.
Unplug the coffee grinder. Scrape the ground allspice out of the coffee grinder and into a bowl with a small rubber spatula. Use immediately for a strong, sweet flavor.
Making Allspice Substitute
Place a small bowl in the center of your workspace. It should have a fairly deep lip so that you can mix the spices without spilling them.
Measure one-half teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon of ground clove and one-fourth teaspoon of ground nutmeg into your bowl. This recipe is for one teaspoon of allspice substitute; however, you can increase your measurements if you need more.
Mix with a small whisk for one minute. Use the mixture in your dish.
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