Steenbergs Organic Fairtrade spices, herbs, seasonings and ingredients

15/06/2026

This week's newsletter we're back down to Earth talking about soil and ways to look after it. We have a pile of yummy veggies for you and a tasty recipe from our lovely suppliers Steenbergs Organic Fairtrade spices, herbs, seasonings and ingredients

Read it here - https://bit.ly/4uH55Pc

12/06/2026

Vegetarian Salad Olivieh 🌿Recipe
A meat-free take on the Persian classic. Creamy potatoes, eggs, peas and pickles are folded with mayonnaise, Steenbergs' ground black pepper, turmeric, a touch of cayenne and Aleppo chilli flakes for gentle warmth and colour. Finished with a delicate layer of mayonnaise, neat cubes of pickles, fine chive threads and a scattering of Steenbergs' electric blue cornflowers for a fresh, elegant finish. Comforting, colourful and proudly vegetarian.

Ingredients:
For the salad
700 g waxy potatoes, peeled
4 large eggs
250 g cooked peas
5 medium pickles (gherkins), finely diced
1 tbsp pickle brine
Spice blend
½ tsp Steenbergs ground turmeric
½ tsp Steenbergs ground black pepper
¼ tsp Steenbergs cayenne pepper
1 tsp Steenbergs Aleppo chilli flakes

For the dressing
250 g mayonnaise
1 tsp Dijon mustard (optional)
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt to taste
For the finish
2–3 tbsp mayonnaise (for a thin top layer)
1–2 pickles, cut into small cubes
Small handful of chives, finely sliced into threads
A small pinch of Steenbergs electric blue cornflower petals

Method:
Place the potatoes in cold salted water. Bring to a boil and cook until tender but not falling apart, about 15–20 minutes. Drain and allow to cool completely.
Boil the eggs for 9–10 minutes. Cool in cold water, peel and set aside.
Grate or lightly mash the cooled potatoes. Finely grate or chop the eggs. Combine potatoes, eggs, peas and finely diced pickles in a large mixing bowl.
Mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and pickle brine. Stir in the turmeric, black pepper, cayenne and Aleppo chilli flakes. Season with salt to taste.
Fold the dressing gently through the potato mixture until evenly coated. The texture should be creamy but still retain some definition from the potatoes and peas. Transfer to a serving platter or shallow bowl. Smooth the top with a spatula. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Spread a thin, even layer of mayonnaise across the surface. Scatter the cubed pickles over the top. Arrange the chive threads decoratively. Finish with a light sprinkling of electric blue cornflower petals along with a drizzle of EVOO and even more Aleppo chilli flakes. Enjoy!

10/06/2026

A tasty vegan Thai noodle soup recipe. Don't forget if you don't like things spicy hot to add anything with chili in it in stages.

Recipe for Thai Coconut Noodle Soup:
Ingredients for 2:
● 2 garlic cloves (grated)
● 100g vegetables (of your choice)
● 1 lime (zested and halved)
● 120g mushrooms
● 2 nests of noodles
● 200ml Organic Coconut Milk
● 200ml water
● 2 tbsp Chilli Paste (we use )
● 1 tsp Steenbergs Thai Spice Seasoning
● 1⁄2 tsp Steenbergs Organic Turmeric
● 25ml Organic Soy Sauce
● 1 tsp Seggiano Raw Honey Acacia
● Steenbergs Pink Himalayan Salt
● Steenbergs Black Pepper

Method:
● Grate garlic, slice vegetables, and zest the lime.
● Fry mushrooms in a large pan on high heat for 5–6 minutes until browned.
● Stir in Seggiano Chilli Paste, Steenbergs Thai Spice, Steenbergs turmeric, and garlic.
Fry for 1 minute.
● Add the coconut milk, soya sauce, honey and 200ml water.
● Bring to a boil.
● Add your vegetables and simmer for 5 minutes.
● Add the noodles and boil according to the instructions on the pack.
● Remove from heat, stir in lime zest, lime juice and season with Steenbergs salt and pepper (or a pinch of Steenbergs organic perfect salt).

06/06/2026

More recipe inspiration we have a whole range of recipes over at steenbergs.co.uk suitable for all weather that a British summer throws at you!

This super simple potato salad recipe from the team at sustainable spice company Steenbergs Organic Fairtrade spices, herbs, seasonings and ingredients is packed with flavour and uses fresh herbs alongside a delicious citrus and tahini dressing to create the perfect side dish for summer picnics and barbecues.

Find the recipe on our website: https://deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/recipes/herby-potato-salad-with-feta-tahini-dressing/

05/06/2026

We have lots of different options at Steenbergs for loose leaf tea, blended or single.

Our organic redbush chai is currently having a moment, mellow and flavoursome. All our chais and redbush blends, like all our blends are created and blended at the Steenbergs tea factory in North Yorkshire.

If you'd like to try this or any of our other teas, please send your name and address and which teas you'd like to try.

This is a naturally caffeine free chai with no chemicals, sweetners or sugar added. A blend of organic redbush tea and spices.

03/06/2026

Are you an "Ingredients' House/ Home"? (The flip side that everything does have to be created).

Just heard this term and love it. Its so evocative of a way of life, an ethos, the expectation that most food in the home will be prepped, mixed and cooked, generally combined to be more than the sum of its parts. The shopping and storecupboards are all based on this.

So are you are an ingredients home and cook more often than not? An occasional cook? Only cook for special occasions? Cook your "special dishes"? Love to experiment?

02/06/2026

31/05/2026

Sunday is traditionally a baking day in our house, baking for pleasure. Try this recipe for Gluten-Free Almond and Chocolate Extra Virgin Olive Oil Cake
Ingredients for 8 slices:
● 150ml Organic Primo Sicilian Extra Virgin Olive Oil (plus extra for greasing)
● 200g Organic Caster Sugar
● 3 large organic eggs
● 50g cocoa powder (sifted)
● 125ml boiling water
● 2 tsp Steenbergs Organic Fairtrade Vanilla Extract
● 125g Suma Organic Ground Almonds
● 1⁄2 tsp Steenbergs Bicarbonate of Soda
● 1 pinch salt
● Optional: Suma Organic Icing Sugar for dusting
● If You Care Unbleached Baking Paper
Method:
● Preheat oven to 170°C (150°C Fan). Grease a 22cm tin with extra virgin olive oil and line
with If You Care parchment paper.
● Beat the sugar, extra virgin olive oil and 3 eggs in a stand mixer vigorously for 3 minutes
until pale and thickened.
● While the mixer is running, whisk the cocoa powder with the boiling water and
Steenbergs Vanilla Extract until it forms a paste.
● In a separate bowl, whisk the ground almonds, Steenbergs bicarbonate of soda, and
salt.
● Turn the mixer to low and combine all the ingredients.
● Pour into the tin and bake for 45-55 minutes. To check if it’s ready, insert a skewer into
the middle. Only a few fudgy chocolate crumbs should remain, rather than a runny
centre.
● Cool completely in the tin, then dust with Suma Icing Sugar and cut into 8 slices

28/05/2026

Curry night? As well as all the single spices and herbs, we also have around 15 different curry mixes, most of them organic from organic tikka and madras to the French style Vadouvan. The most popular and versatile are Steenbergs organic Madras ( a medium style one), organic mild curry and organic hot curry and of course garam masala.

Let us know your favourites?

27/05/2026

Always lovely to see our products on shelves. These newly branded loose leaf teas are in down in Brighton. A colourful array of leaf teas , most of them are organic and all blends are created up here in North Yorkshire. It's particularly lovely to see the new look collection which is rooted in nature, crafted in Yorkshire and wrapped in packaging inspired by Britain’s wildlife.

Earlier this year Ethical Consumer Magazine in their latest tea survey, gave as top spot for ethical consumers .

Hope you all have good weekends.