Bay leaf cut
Bay leaves usually grow on shrubs or small trees. Homeland plants - the Mediterranean. It is grown in Turkey, Greece, Georgia, Spain and France. When fresh, the leaves are bitter, but during drying all the bitterness evaporates. The dried product has a soft olive color and a pleasant spicy aroma. Previously, it was used to flavor water intended for washing hands before eating. Today, dried bay leaves are used in cooking. The plant not only gives the dish a special taste and smell, but also very useful for the body.
Useful properties
Useful components that spread with the aroma of laurel, help increase immunity. The advantage of the plant is that in dry form it retains all the useful properties. Cut bay leaf has a diuretic, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory effect. It is rich in volatile acids, contains tannins, removes toxins from the body. Laurel oil is used to treat respiratory diseases, SARS.
Use in cooking
Spice is indispensable for making broths, soups, marinades, sauces. It is added during cooking to the main product for 5-10 minutes. Then you need to get it so that the dish does not give off bitterness. Used in the preparation of jellies, seafood, goulash, any sauce. In some world cuisines, leaves are added to hot drinks. The spice is added to canning, it perfectly emphasizes the taste of pickles, tomatoes, zucchini.
Some tips:
- the leaf should be olive in color, this indicates its excellent quality;
- spice that lasts more than a year can give the dish a bitter taste;
- in garnishes spice is added 5-8 minutes before the end of cooking, in soups - 10-15;
- the optimal rate is 1 small leaf per 1 liter of liquid.
Buy this spice in Kiev
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