The spices generally used are allspice, cloves, salt and pepper.
Its main component is taboon bread, that is topped with pieces of cooked sweet onions, sumac, saffron, and allspice.
Cinnamon is the dominant flavour, with nutmeg and allspice.
It is then all mixed together and, depending on the specific recipe, seasoned with onions, salt, pepper, marjoram, thyme, mustard seeds and allspice.
Allspice was used formerly to season ginger biscuits, but cloves replaced it later.
In addition, some spices, such as allspice and chilies, are fruits, botanically speaking.
The other ingredients typically include vinegar, port wine or cognac and spices such as cloves, ginger and allspice.
They are seasoned with white pepper or allspice and salt.