Chinese five spice

[English]

Chinese five spice is a mixture often used in Asian cooking amd usually consisting of finely ground anise pepper, cassia, fennel see, cloves and star anise. It could also, however, as easily be made with finely ground cloves, cinnamon or cassia bark, star anise, Sichuan pepper and fennel seeds The resulting flavour is almost of liquorice almost whatever the combination of spices.