overspice

present singular third person overspices · participle present overspicing · participle past overspiced · past overspiced

1. transitiveTo add too much spice to (a dish).

   I tend to overspice things, to go for big, peasant flavors.

   2005, Lela Nargi, Around the Table: Women on Food, Cooking, Nourishment, Love ... and the Mothers who Dished it Up for Them, →ISBN, page 76

   2 more examples

   A whiff of nutmeg adds to its distinctive merit, but don't overspice it.

   1953, June Evans Platt, Sophie Kerr, The Best I Ever Ate: A Practical Home Cook Book, page 56

   Mulate's did not overspice the already spicy crawfish, and the accompanying sauce of onions and peppers was among the best I've tasted in years.

   2014, John Hailman, The Search for Good Wine: From the Founding Fathers to the Modern Table, →ISBN