Culinary Notes:
Star Anise ground is the primary ingredient in many Chinese dishes such as pork, duck, and stock. Also, it is one of the 5 spices in Chinese Five Spice powder.
Health benefits: Star Anise ground has several health benefits as it has stomachic, stimulant, and diuretic properties. It helps to treat abdominal pain and digestive disturbances and also considered a stimulant and a diuretic. Also, it has anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, and anti-fungal properties.
Ingredients:
100% dried Ground Star Anise
Country of origin:
China
Other names or spelling:
Badian (Spanish), Chinese Anise. Illicium verum, Anise Stars, Badiana, anis de la Chine (French), anise étoilé (French), badiane (French), Sternanis (German) , anice stellato (Italian), anis estrellado (Spanish), ba chio, ba(ht) g(h)ok (Chinese), bart gok, pa-chiao (Chinese), pak kok, peh kah (Chinese), bunga lawang (Indonesian), bunga lawing (Malay
) How to use:
- Mix star anise ground with cinnamon, fennel seeds, cloves, and Sichuan pepper to obtain Chine Five Spice powder
- Use in Asian marinades and to flavour stewed fruit
- Sprinkle into stir-fry vegetables or adding it to the liquid for poaching pears or other fruit
- Use to add sweet flavour in bread, pastries and desserts as pudding, strudels and custards
- Use in many pork and chicken dishes
- Its flavour also marries well many fish dishes
- Substitute aniseed for ground star anise, but use about twice as much
Ingredients:
100% dried Ground Star Anise
Country of origin:
China
Other names or spelling:
Badian (Spanish), Chinese Anise. Illicium verum, Anise Stars, Badiana, anis de la Chine (French), anise étoilé (French), badiane (French), Sternanis (German) , anice stellato (Italian), anis estrellado (Spanish), ba chio, ba(ht) g(h)ok (Chinese), bart gok, pa-chiao (Chinese), pak kok, peh kah (Chinese), bunga lawang (Indonesian), bunga lawing (Malay
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