„To cook without spices is like composing an orchestral opus without a string section.” Stuart Farrimond

Kérdése van? +36-30/653-8274

Lemongrass

Lemongrass leaf

The natural habitat and origins of lemongrass

Lemongrass is a herb with an intense aroma, a strong growing plant that is rarely found grown in the wild,  originating  from the Middle East it conquered the world. It arrived in southern Europe through Greek trade and then spread throughout the southern and central European region. The leaves of lemongrass, which like dry warm weather, were initially used more for healing, only later it became  a popular condiment. 

What dishes can lemongrass leaf be used for?

Lemongrass leaves can be used fresh, dried, crushed, or even ground to a powder, it has a very wide range of uses.

  • The combined use of lemongrass and peppermint results in an exceptional taste effect that can be used to flavor cooling drinks such as lemonade, sherbet, ice cream and slush puppies, but also works well in a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails.
  • Ginger combined with  lemongrass leaves, together they work well in cold fruit soups, cold and hot compotes.
  • Lemongrass leaf can be used to flavor not only fresh salads, but sauces, soups, vegetables, meaty, vegetable, mushroom ragouts.
  • When added to meaty or vegetable fillings or stuffings, it gives a special aroma to roast dishes. Also stuffed peppers or stuffed eggplant can also be made uniquely delicious by adding lemongrass leaves.
  • It is also excellent for seasoning gratins with meat, and meatballs made of mince or chickpeas.
  • It has been known to be used to make alcoholic beverages since the 19th century, lemongrass leaves are also ingredients of the so-called Klosterfrau Melissengeist herbal spirit. Today it is mostly used to flavour vermouth.

Store in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight.

Details

The markings and labels on the products always contain a wide range of information, while only a small amount of mandatory information is displayed here in the webshop.
In the event of changes, we may not be able to indicate them in the product information here quickly enough, so please read the label in all cases.
If you still have a question and need more information, please let our customer service know.

Info
Weight
1 kg
Minimum order quantity
5 kg