Allspice

Allspice is also known as Jamaican pepper and myrtle berry.

You may purchase it ground or in dried whole berries and grind it yourself. Allspice can enhance the flavor of many other spices.

A versatile spice, it enhances the flavors of other spices. Use it to give mulled drinks a warm flavor.

The berry comes from the palmentio tree, which is native to Jamaica and used in their cuisine.

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Allspice is a spice and the name implies that it is all spices, but it just has the rich taste of nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon as well as juniper berries. That is why the French sometimes call it "quatre épices."

In the United States, it is utilized primarily in baked goods like pumpkin pie, apple pie, spice cake, and spicy cookies as well as commercial ketchup, most pickling spices, chutney and preserves.