Cajun comes from Acadian cuisine (French from Louisiana in the USA). It is an assembly of cultures where French aromatic herbs encountered the hot spices of Mexico and Caribbean. Cajun is a spicy blend featuring lots of paprika, cayenne, garlic powder, pepper and oregano. Various other seasonings can be added to taste.
Remember salt is left out of all our blends, but you’re welcome to add it separately to taste.
This blend is inspired by my recent travels to the fantastic Hawaiin, Big Island. After visiting a Kona Coffee plantation and tasting a coffee rub (as well as several Kona coffees, I decided that I would like to share my love of coffe through a coffe based spice blend.
We use a combination of Black Peppercorns, Cumin Seeds, Chiili, Garlic, Onion, Brown Sugar, Paprikka and of course a good quality ground coffee.
The alkalinity of the coffe helps to tenderise the protein you apply it to, giving it a unique taste when cooked.
Take a steak out of the fridge, let it get to room temperature, then sprinkle Downderry spice coffee rub over the steak, from a height of about 8 inches (this ensures that all the spices in the rub cover the steak) cover the steak (both side) then seare on a high heat, so that the blend forms a thin crust then cook your steak to the temp of your choice (rare, medium, well done). Rest then serve with sides of your choice.
Use Downderry Cajun Spice in a gumbo that is really a soup or stew that is often served over a rice of your choice.
Remember for a Gumbo there should be more liquid than rice .
You can use Downderry Cajun in a jambalaya .
A jambalaya is different to a Gumbo and is made with the rice cooked into the dish, making the grain an integral part of the dish.
You can use Downderry Cajun as a spice rub.
See our recipe below, for Cajun Chicken using our Cajun spice as a rub
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