Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Rosemary is one of the pivotal aromatic herbs in world cuisine. Relatively easy to grow, it finds its way into farms, gardens, and herb pots around the world. The only downside to using dried rosemary, without grinding it, is a commitment to its texture.
EXPERIENCE
Rosemary is a very muscular herb, with strong notes of pine, sage, pepper, and a hint of camphor. The slender leaves are sticky, with a resin that is loaded with essential oils. The waxy surface makes it a great herb for roasting, because, even dried, it tends not to blacken as easily as thyme, oregano, or marjoram.
TEXTURE CONSIDERATIONS
A long, waxy, woody leaf fresh, it becomes a brittle, stick-like leaf dried, there are definitely visual, and tactile, considerations for using it fresh, dried, or ground. For a lamb roast, you might want the visual appeal, and gentle crunch, of the roasted herbs. For an herbed bread? The texture of the dried is not a winner.
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean. Today, Tunisia, Morocco, and Spain are the biggest exporting countries. It grows very easily, though, pretty much anywhere with similar weather and temperature. It is not soil sensitive. It is cultivated all over the world, as both a domestic potted plant, and as a decorative ground cover.
TRADITIONAL USES
- Roasted rack of lamb;
- Roasted potatoes;
- Rosemary bread;
- Iranian Zeeresh;
- Chicken Malai Seekh Kebab.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- Preserved lemon herb bars - Similar to its desert cousin. A nice savory side for meats, poultry, and fish;
- Picanobucco - Ossobuco meats (yes!) picanha with picanha salt, rosemary, and garlic on a bed of sage gravy;
- Chopped with dried thyme and added to my breading for Chick’n fried Ceci beans (vegan);
- Added to potatoes and carrots for my HMS Pakoras.
THE BACKSTORY
Rosemary began being used as a culinary herb by the early Greeks. The name “rosemary” is based on its Latin origins. Rosmarinus literally from ros (dew) and marinus (the sea) or “dew of the sea.”
An herb of kings, and poets. Shakespeare celebrated rosemary for its symbology, as an herb of remembrance, in Hamlet. Napoleon Bonaparte enjoyed a cologne with a rosemary scent. Charlemagne ordered rosemary be planted in his royal gardens.
AKA
- alecrim
- bibariya
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- δενδρολίβανο
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- প্রস্তুতিতেব্যবহৃতহয়
- ਗੁਲਾਬ
- એકબારમાસીસુગંધીઝાડવું
- ଗୋଲମରିଚ |
- ரோஸ்மேரி
- రోజ్మేరీ
- ರೋಸ್ಮರಿ
- റോസ്മേരി
- රෝස්මේරි
- ดอกโรสแมรี่
- 로즈마리
- ローズマリー
- 迷迭香
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