Use Allspice to flavor vegetables like carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, turnips and winter squash, soups (especially chicken, tomato and vegetable), apple pie, beef roast, chili sauces, cookies, fruit compote, gingerbread, gravies, hamburgers, marinades, meatballs, lamb stew, pickles, plum pudding, pumpkin pie, rice pudding, relishes, spice cakes, stews and sweet rolls.
Allspice also works well in combination with chili powder, cloves, coriander, garlic, ginger, mustard, pepper, rosemary and thyme.
What Does Mexican Allspice Taste Like
Allspice is warm and sweetly pungent with floral undertones. Mexican Allspice has a mellower flavor and is not quite as sweet as Jamaican or Central American grown Allspice.
Helpful Hints
Allspice can be used as a substitute for cinnamon, cloves or nutmeg, use one part to one part. If you need to make a substitution for allspice, combine one part nutmeg with two parts each of cinnamon and cloves.