Za'atar spice is often mixed with olive oil and spread on bread. Some prefer to do this at the table, while others prefer to bake this mixture into the bread rounds. Za'atar also serves as a seasoning to sprinkle on vegetables, salads, meatballs or kebabs. Much like sausage seasonings, each country and family has a distinctive style of Za'atar. Our particular blend is Israeli in style. Our Za'atar seasoning is hand mixed from *sumac, thyme, sesame seeds, hyssop, and oregano. *Sumac is a member of the cashew family.
I love this stuff, we make a good bit of Middle Eastern food at my house so I go through a surprising amount of this. I was mixing my own, but this is easier to order and better tasting.
I use it with oil to dip bread in, bake it into breads, on meatballs and kebabs, on veggies, and on a salad or in salad dressing. It’s so flavorful and well balanced, it’s definitely worth trying.
We eat a lot of rice in our house and this is the perfect spice to switch things up a bit. It has wonderful flavor.
I recently tried this spice and added it to my rice cooker a few minutes before serving. Delicious!
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