Herbes de Provence Calculator, Scaled to Your Batch

By Cedrick Reese, Ready Utilities

This herbes de provence calculator scales The Daring Gourmet's Herbes de Provence, which combines dried summer savory, rosemary, oregano, thyme, and optional lavender and makes just under 1/4 cup.

Common batch sizes

Tap a batch size to load it into the calculator, and the exact amounts appear below.

Herbes de Provence calculator

Summer savory, rosemary, and oregano are tied for the largest share here at about a quarter each, with thyme close behind and lavender a small optional extra. Lavender isn't traditional in the herb blends actually made in Provence; The Daring Gourmet notes it shows up mostly in versions sold in North America.

France's Label Rouge standard covers herbes de Provence, but sources describe the exact percentages differently, so this page doesn't claim to match any single official ratio.

The base recipe

Herbes de Provence

Adapted from Herbes de Provence, The Daring Gourmet

Yield: Just under 1/4 cup (10 servings)

1 tablespoon dried summer savory
1 tablespoon dried rosemary
1 tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon dried lavender flowers (optional)

Combine all the herbs in a small jar and stir or shake until evenly mixed.

Scale this recipe

On this page

Batch size chart

Ingredient	Half batch	Base batch	Double	Triple
dried summer savory	1 1/2 tsp	1 tbsp	2 tbsp	3 tbsp
dried rosemary	1 1/2 tsp (1.8 g)	1 tbsp (3.6 g)	2 tbsp (7.2 g)	3 tbsp (11 g)
dried oregano	1 1/2 tsp	1 tbsp	2 tbsp	3 tbsp
dried thyme	1 tsp	2 tsp	1 tbsp + 1 tsp	2 tbsp
dried lavender flowers (optional)	1/4 tsp	1/2 tsp	1 tsp	1 1/2 tsp
Total volume	1 tbsp + 2 3/4 tsp	3 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp	1/4 cup + 3 1/2 tbsp	1/2 cup + 3 1/2 tbsp

Herbes de Provence from The Daring Gourmet, scaled with the site's kitchen rounding. Weights from USDA FoodData Central where USDA lists the exact form.

How the scaling works

Herbes de Provence totals 3 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp as published, across 5 ingredients. Every one is multiplied by the same number, so dried summer savory stays 26% of the blend whatever size you make. Pick a multiplier directly, or enter the amount you want and the calculator works back to it from that 3 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp total.

Amounts under 3 teaspoons round to the nearest 1/8 teaspoon, and larger amounts round to the nearest 1/4 teaspoon in tablespoons.

Worked example: doubling the base recipe

Ingredient	Base	x 2
dried summer savory	1 tablespoon	2 tbsp
dried rosemary	1 tablespoon	2 tbsp
dried oregano	1 tablespoon	2 tbsp
dried thyme	2 teaspoons	1 tbsp + 1 tsp
dried lavender flowers (optional)	1/2 teaspoon	1 tsp

How this was checked

This recipe is The Daring Gourmet's Herbes de Provence by Kimberly Killebrew. Cedrick Reese checked the amounts against The Daring Gourmet's own recipe page for Ready Utilities. Most of the dried herbs show no gram weight because USDA FoodData Central only lists a ground or general form, not the leaf form this recipe calls for, and lavender flowers aren't in USDA's spice database at all. There's no salt or heat ingredient in this recipe, so nothing here needs converting for saltiness or spice.

Frequently asked questions

What is in herbes de Provence?

The Daring Gourmet's recipe uses 1 tablespoon each of dried summer savory, rosemary, and oregano, 2 teaspoons dried thyme, and 1/2 teaspoon optional dried lavender flowers.

Is lavender traditional in herbes de Provence?

Not really. The Daring Gourmet notes that lavender isn't traditional in the blends made in Provence itself and shows up mostly in versions sold in North America. It's marked optional here for that reason.

Are herbes de Provence and Italian seasoning the same thing?

No. This recipe uses savory, rosemary, oregano, and thyme. The Italian seasoning recipe on this site uses oregano, thyme, basil, rosemary, and sage instead, with no savory.

How long does homemade herbes de Provence keep?

The Daring Gourmet says it keeps for a few months stored in a dark, cool place, which is typical for a dried herb blend with no salt to help preserve it.