Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Basil is one of the most common herbs in the world. Easily grown both outdoors, and in pots, it can be found virtually everywhere. Italian cuisine makes popular use of it, but it finds itself introduced into other cuisines as both an aromatic, and a flavorant.
Dried basil is best for where you want the flavor, and the mouth feel.
What is dried basil is not ideal for? It is NOT a one-to-one substitute for fresh. Can you make pesto with it? Yes, but it won’t be very good pesto.
EXPERIENCE
Basil is extremely aromatic. The fresh has an herbal scent that has gentle, pleasant notes of sweet grass, and lemon fragrance. Dried, there are the herbal-grassy notes. The sweetness, and fragrance are more subdued..
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
TRADITIONAL USES
- Poultry seasoning;
- Cioppino, and other soups and stews;
- Marinara sauce;
- Breadsticks.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Lemongrass-basil chicken sausage;
- Basil & sage smoked duck;
- Basil-lavender mayo;
- Basil pão de queijo
THE BACKSTORY
We know that basil traces back, in human history, at least about 5,500 years. Its origin is believed to be India. First indications of its use in China date to 850 ACE. Basil has been dried, for non-seasonal use, for millennia. When was it first powdered? No one can say.
AKA
- Ban tulsi
- Basilic
- Basilic commun,
- Basilico
- Basilie
- Basilienkraut,
- Basilikum,
- Besil
- Besil
- Cây húng quế
- Cây rau é
- É dỏ
- É tía
- É trắng
- Herbe royale
- Horapa
- Horapha
- Húng
- Húng giỏi
- Húng quế
- Jangli tulsi
- Jashkvlavi
- Kaphao
- Kaphrau
- Kaprao
- Kaprao-chang
- Königskraut
- Krishnathulasi
- Lá quế
- Maenglak
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- Mayangton
- Meitei-Lon
- Naoshek lei
- Nhu tía
- Ocimum gratissimum
- Pachcha
- Phak itu
- Ramathulasi
- Rau quế
- Rehani
- Rekhani
- Shashk’vlavi
- Shashkvliavi
- Sivathulasi
- Sweet Basil
- Thulasi
- Tulsi
- Tulsipambi
- Yira
- რეხანი
- რეჰანი
- შაშკვლავი
- ჯაშკვლავი
- जंगली तुलसी
- तुलसी
- बन तुलसी
- बेसिल
- তুলসী
- তুলসীপম্বী
- নাওশেক লৈ
- ময়াংতোন
- കൃഷ്ണതുളസി
- തുളസി
- രാമതുളസി
- ꯂꯩ
- ꯃꯌꯥꯡꯇꯣ
- ꯅꯥꯎꯁꯦꯛ
- ꯇꯨꯜꯁꯤ
- ꯇꯨꯜꯁꯤꯄꯝꯕꯤ
- กะเพรากะเพราช้าง
- กะเพา
- เบซิล
- ผักอีตู่
- แมงลัก
- ยี่หร่า
- โหระพา
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