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'''Quatre épices''' is a [[spice]] used mainly in France, but also found in the [[Middle Eastern]] kitchen. The name literally means "four spices"; the spice mix contains ground [[black pepper|pepper]] (white, black, or both), [[cloves]], [[nutmeg]] and [[ginger]]. Some variations of the mix use [[allspice]] instead of pepper, or [[cinnamon]] in place of ginger.
The blend of spices will typically use a larger proportion of pepper (usually white pepper) than the other spices, but some recipes suggest using roughly equal parts of each spice.
In French cooking it is typically used in soups, stews, vegetable preparations and also in sausages and salamis.
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