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Herbs, Spices and
Sugars Culinary Foundations
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Basil
Delicate pointed green leaf
Sweet aromatic flavor
Used for pesto, tomato sauces and popular Mediterranean foods
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Bay Leaf
Stiff, green oval leaf
Stocks, soups, and stews
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Cilantro (Coriander)
Flat green lead with serrated edges
Strong flavor
Citrus tones
Uses: Salsa
Important to Latin America/ Asian cuisine
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Dill
Dark, green, feathery leaves
Uses: pickling, excellent with fish
Important in Scandinavian and Eastern European cuisines
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Mint
Pointed leaves with serrated edges
Peppermint and spearmint
Uses: garnish
Important to Middle Eastern cuisine
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Oregano
Small oval leaf
Uses: tomato sauces
Popular in Italian, Greek and Mexican
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Parsley
Flat or curly, jagged edges
Uses: Southern European cuisine
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Rosemary
Stiff needles and a woody stem
Pinelake aroma
Excellent with poultry, lamb, pork and game
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Sage
Oval leaves, dusty velvety texture
Popular in stuffing and sausages
Goes well with poultry, pork and game
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Tarragon
Long stem, with long narrow leaves
Slight licorice flavor
Uses: fish, chicken, eggs, salad dressing, essential for bearnaise sauce
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Thyme
Very small oval leaves on a thin fibrous stems
Savory flavor
Uses: stocks, soups and sauces
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Spices
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Allspice
Dried berries of a Caribbean tree
Known as Jamaican pepper
Flavor of nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves
Uses: pickling and baking
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Anise
Seeds of a small annual plant, originated in Egypt
strong licorice flavor
Uses: liquor and baking
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Chile Powder
Ground of red Chile peppers
Popular ingredient in Mexican and Southwestern cooking
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Cinnamon
Bark of a tropical tree
Sweet flavor
Extremely popular in pastries and fruit dishes
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Cloves
Sun-dried buds of a tropical tree
Strong sweet aroma
Uses: pickling, marinades, and baked goods
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Cumin
Slender brown seed of an annual plant
Originated in the middle East
Chili and Curry
Popular in Mexican, Indian and Middle Eastern Cookery
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Curry Powder
Mixture of a dozen or more spices
Used in curries and stews
Indian and Southern Asian Cuisine
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Dill Seed
Light, brown oval seeds from dill plant
Popular for pickling
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Fennel Seed
Greenish, brown pointed seed of the fennel plant whose bulb is used as a vegetable
Licorice flavor
Used in sausages and pork dishes
Popular in Italian cuisine
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Ginger
Root of a tropical plant grown in Asia and the Caribbean
Available as fresh, dried, or preserved with sugar
Uses: baking and pastries
Widely used in Asian cuisines
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Nutmeg
Woody inner seed of the same tropical plant
Produces mace
Uses: pastry, baking, vegetable and potatoes
Sweet Flavor
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Paprika
Powder ground from a variety of different red Child peppers
Sweet or hot
Used in a wide variety of soups, stews, and sauces for color and flavor
Popular in Hungarian and Spanish cuisines
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Poppy Seeds
Small, black seeds of the poppy flower
Slightly nutty flavor
Uses: breads and pastries
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Saffron
Stigma or center of the crocus flower
Expensive because it is handpicked
Gives food a bright yellow color and subtle flavor
Uses: rice dishes, sauces, seafood
Important in Mediterranean cuisines
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Sesame Seeds
Pale- colored seeds of an annual plant native to India
Seeds are ground to a paste (tahini) or can be made into oil
Uses: breads, pasties, and vegetable dishes
Middle Eastern, Asian, and African cuisines
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Turmeric
Root of a lily native to Southeast Asia
Bright yellow color it fives dishes
Uses: rice dishes, curries, pickling, and prepared mustard
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Sugars
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Sugar
Scientific name “sucrose”
Refined from either sugarcane plant or sugar beets
Granulated sugar used most often
Add sweet flavor to dishes
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Molasses
Liquid that is leftover after refined sugar is extracted from sugarcane juice
Less sweet than sugar
Can come in light and dark
More it is processed the darker it gets
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Brown Sugar
Originally partially refined sugar
Made by adding molasses back into refined sugar
Comes in light and dark as a result of quantity and intensity of molasses
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Honey
Formed from flower necter gathered by bees
Clover, alfalfa, and orange blossom
Can be made from different flowers: wildflowers, lavender, and buckwheat
Sweeter than sugar, but can be substituted equally
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Maple and Corn Syrup
Maple
Traditional American staple from the maple tree
Due to cost many maple syrups are made from corn syrup with artificial maple flavor
Corn
Starchy part of the corn
Referred to as “glucose”
Two different kinds- Light and Dark
Versatile