Cloves Ground

Description

Culinary Notes :

• Use in sweet spice blends for a deliciously spiced flavour.
• They can be used to flavour soups, broths or poaching liquids
• They can be added to walnuts and raisins and used in a stuffing recipe.
• When combined with cinnamon it is a great addition to apple cider
• As cloves have a very intense flavour, it is important to be careful when deciding how much to use in order to not overpower the flavours of the other ingredients.

Health benefits:

Cloves contain an active component called eugenol, which contain not only toothache-quelling qualities, but also has several other medicinal properties. It has anti-bacterial properties and is a natural insect repellent. Cloves are a good source of manganese, vitamin K and dietary fibre.

Recipe/ product links:

Chai Spiced Coconut and Maple Ice Cream

Country of origin:

Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.

Other names or spelling: Nelkin, Ting-Hiang, Eugenia caryophyllata