Product Description
PURPOSE
WHAT IS IT?
Star anise isn’t really anise. It’s a medium-sized fruit from an evergreen tree in the magnolia family. It is milder, and a more mellow aromatic anise flavor than anise seed, which is much stronger, and more pungent. It’s popular in a lot of Asian spice blends and stocks.
EXPERIENCE
Star anise contains anethole, the essential oil that gives off that licorice,taste. The flavor is warm, floral, and slightly sweet.
CULINARY GEOGRAPHY
TRADITIONAL USES
- Chinese Five-Spice powder;
- Vietnamese Pho;
- Biryani;
- Masala chai.
IMPROVISATIONAL ‘RIFFS’
- A fragrant in Louie’s Primo Luau Pork;
- A key to Saigon Sous Vide Chicken Breasts;
- Star Fried Rice - A fragrant, simple side with star anise, tumeric, and a touch of ginger;
- An ingredient in my Bagg’s Badass Bitters.
THE BACKSTORY
Star anise is an ancient spice, widely distributed as part of the global spice trade. It arrived in Europe during the 17th century. There, the oil was extracted by a steam process, and used for candies, syrups, sweet drinks, and to temper the taste of medicines.
90% of the crop today isn’t used culinarily. It’s a key ingredient in the manufacture of Tamiflu.
HEALTH WARNING
Consume only the seeds from China/Vietnam, or regions OTHER THAN Japan.
The Japanese star anise is toxic. It can be burned, for incense, but not taken internally.
AKA
- Afrikaans: Steranys
- Albanian: Anise yll
- Arabic: يانسون نجمي
- Armenian: Աստղանիսոն
- Azerbaijani: Ulduz anis
- Basque: Anis izarra
- Belarusian: Бадзян
- Bengali: তারা মৌরি
- Bosnian: Zvjezdasti anis
- Bulgarian: Звезден анасон
- Catalan: Anís estrellat
- Chinese (Simplified): 八角
- Chinese (Traditional): 八角
- Croatian: Zvjezdasti anis
- Czech: Badyán
- Danish: Stjerneanis
- Dutch: Steranijs
- English: Star Anise
- Estonian: Tähtaniis
- Filipino (Tagalog): Star anise
- Finnish: Tähtianis
- French: Badiane
- Galician: Anís estrelado
- Georgian: ვარსკვლავის ანისი
- German: Sternanis
- Greek: Αστεροειδής γλυκάνισος
- Gujarati: સ્ટાર એનિસ
- Haitian Creole: Anis zetwal
- Hebrew: אניס כוכבי
- Hindi: चक्र फूल
- Hungarian: Csillagánizs
- Icelandic: Stjörnuanís
- Indonesian: Pekak
- Irish: Ainís réalta
- Italian: Anice stellato
- Japanese: 八角
- Kannada: ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ಅನೀಸ್
- Kazakh: Жұлдыз анис
- Khmer: អានីសផ្កាយ
- Korean: 팔각
- Kurdish: Anîsa stêrkî
- Lao: ອານີດດາວ
- Latvian: Zvaigžņu anīss
- Lithuanian: Žvaigždinis anyžius
- Macedonian: Ѕвездест анасон
- Malay: Bunga lawang
- Malayalam: സ്റ്റാർ അനീസ്
- Maltese: Anisi stillat
- Maori: Anise whetū
- Marathi: चक्रफूल
- Mongolian: Од гоньд
- Nepali: स्टार एनिस
- Norwegian: Stjerneanis
- Pashto: ستوری انیس
- Persian (Farsi): بادیان ستارهای
- Polish: Anyż gwiazdkowy
- Portuguese: Anis-estrelado
- Punjabi: ਸਟਾਰ ਐਨੀਸ
- Romanian: Anason stelat
- Russian: Бадьян
- Serbian: Звездасти анис
- Sinhala: ස්ටාර් අනීස්
- Slovak: Badián
- Slovenian: Zvezdasti janež
- Somali: Xidig anise
- Spanish: Anís estrellado
- Swahili: Anise ya nyota
- Swedish: Stjärnanis
- Tamil: ஸ்டார் அனீஸ்
- Telugu: స్టార్ అనీస్
- Thai: โป๊ยกั๊ก
- Turkish: Yıldız anason
- Ukrainian: Бадьян
- Urdu: ستارہ سونف
- Uzbek: Yulduzsimon anis
- Vietnamese: Hoa hồi
- Welsh: Anis seren
- Xhosa: I-anise yenkanyezi
- Yiddish: שטערן אַניס
- Yoruba: Anisi irawọ
- Zulu: I-anise yenkanyezi
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