Australian Cajun Spices

Bush foods experts herald the combination of wattleseed, mountain pepper berry and akudjura as Australia's answer to Cajun spices. To most people, Cajun spices refer to the blackening spice mixture use in grilled meats. Does the bush spice combination taste or work like Cajun spices? To find out, Noodle Cook goes behind the scene and tests the spices out on grilled chicken.

There is no rocket science to making up the Aussie Cajun spices: 1 teaspoon each of wattleseed, ground mountain pepper berry and ground akudjura. Add a few shakes of ground black pepper (or mountain pepper leaves), and pinches of herbs like oregano and thyme. Sprinkle the spice mix over skinless chicken drumsticks. Splash over some trinity olive oil infusions. Grill at 180 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes.

Does the chicken taste like the normal Cajun grill? The blackening works, however the taste is quite different. With John the "secret reviewer", as the critic, giving the thumbs up, one can't go wrong with the taste! Although, Noodle cannot convince John to eat all the chicken because the inside is still raw....