berbere
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of berbere
French
Example Sentences
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The brisket, seasoned with salt and pepper along with berbere, rosemary, garlic, and ginger, was the standout—rich, smoky, and deeply flavorful.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026
Alta Adams’ chili crisp blends Fresno chiles smoked in-house and dehydrated, house-roasted peanuts, porcini mushroom powder and Ethiopian berbere spice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
Brown’s exemplary grilled half-chicken, the bird soft and full-flavored, gets a nuanced, glossy brick-red berbere sauce that builds heat, with that Ethiopian spice blend sourced from Sebhat Bakery & Grocery in the South End.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
His recipe for millet cakes is bright with the brick-red Ethiopian spice blend berbere.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
At Merkato 55, his short-lived adventure in Pan-African cooking in New York’s Meatpacking District in the late 2000s, Samuelsson served a rack of lamb rubbed with berbere, the nuclear Ethiopian spice blend.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2017
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