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
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