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Bay leaves are comforting, friendly. They get used all the time in wholesome stews, but we bet you’ve never thought of these five clever bay leaf recipes:
1. Roasted potatoes with bay leaves
Cutting a large slit into your potatoes and placing a bay leaf in the gap before roasting them creates a wonderfully intense flavour. Read more at The Family Kitchen.
2. Fresh bay leaf and ginger ice cream
Umm, yep, that’s right. If you don’t try it, you won’t know how wonderful it is. Read more at Eat Real.
3. Swordfish rolls
Wrapping the fish in bayleaves before cooking doesn’t just add a fab flavour to this dish: it also makes it look very lovely visually as well, with the leaves acting as a runner down the centre of the dish. Read more at Apron and Sneakers.
4. Sweet and sour plums with vanilla and bay
This recipe is in German (thank heaven for Google translate, eh), and after some trial and error, I can promise you that it tastes fab. Read more at Low Budget Cooking.
5. Mulled white wine
So what if Christmas is over? This recipe creates a summery alternative with white wine and bay leaves. Read more at The Inn at the Crossroads.
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Domestic Executive
I’ve just come in from weeding my herb bed and was pondering what more I could do to use my bay tree. Now I know. I’m intrigued by the ice cream idea and since I got an ice cream maker for Christmas this looks favourite and will be such a thirst quencher I’m sure as we enjoy southern hemisphere summer.
karen ho fatt
I love bay leaves. I grew up in the Caribbean and they are used in traditional dishes. It adds a lovely flavor. I love it in just about any hot milk flavored recipe- I can’t have porridge without it!
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