Spice tasting set - La Trilogie

Three Épices du Guerrier blends in single-use sizes, just enough to use each one once. A set to taste three of the house's classic blends.

Épices du Guerrier was founded in 2017 by Daniel Picard, from the Huron community of Wendake, and his partner Patrice Dion, to showcase the plants, herbs and spices of Quebec's Indigenous terroir. The company is based in Quebec City, in the Capitale-Nationale region. Prepared and packed in Quebec, these blends bring together boreal flavours such as green alder pepper and sweet gale.

Format: three individual bags.

What's inside: the contents depend on the batch. The maker's current version brings together Mélange traditionnel (10 g), Sel aux champignons sauvages (15 g) and Poivre forestier (10 g); a previous version brought together Mélange traditionnel, Mélange Tomahawk and Poivre au bacon (3 bags, 10 g each). Go by the labels on the product you receive.

Ingredients, current version: Mélange traditionnel: maple sugar, salt, smoked paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, dextrose, green alder pepper (Alnus crispa), sweet gale, turmeric, paprika, canola oil, smoke flavour, cellulose fibre, cayenne pepper. Sel aux champignons sauvages: sea salt, chanterelles, lobster mushrooms, hedgehog mushrooms, onion powder, garlic powder, dried parsley. Poivre forestier: black pepper, white pepper, green pepper, sea salt, pink peppercorn, granulated garlic, smoked paprika, granulated onion, green alder pepper (Alnus crispa), sumac, eastern white cedar.

Ingredients, previous version, according to the maker's current product pages: Mélange traditionnel: same ingredients as above. Mélange Tomahawk: maple sugar, salt, smoked paprika, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, yeast extract, dextrose, green alder pepper (Alnus crispa), sweet gale, turmeric, paprika, canola oil, smoke flavour, cellulose fibre, cayenne pepper, Ghost pepper. Poivre au bacon: bacon (pork, water, salt, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrites), black pepper, sea salt, white pepper, pink peppercorn, garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder, green alder pepper (Alnus crispa), yeast extract, dextrose, turmeric, paprika, canola oil, smoke flavour, cellulose fibre, cayenne pepper.

Allergens: may contain gluten. According to the maker, the ingredients are gluten-free but may have been processed in a facility that handles foods containing gluten. The maker also cannot guarantee that its products are free of traces of mustard, or that its ingredients have not been in contact with ingredients that may contain nuts.

Serving suggestion: sprinkle on meat, fish, vegetables and marinades, to taste. Each size is enough for one use.

Storage: according to the maker, in a closed bag or jar, in a dark, cool, dry place, for up to two years for optimal freshness. The Poivre au bacon in the previous version should instead be kept in the refrigerator or freezer.

Precautions: the Poivre au bacon in the previous version contains pork and sodium nitrites.

Origin: prepared and packed in Quebec by Épices du Guerrier, a company based in Quebec City, in the Capitale-Nationale region.