The Aromatics | INGREDIENTS: BAY LEAVES, MUSTARD SEED (YELLOW), LEMONGRASS, CINNAMON CHIPS, STAR ANISE.

This tower consists of 5 levels of aromatics. Can be used in preparing stews, soups or broths adding savory flavors to your meals. Bay Leaves : Bay laurel leaves, is a common ingredient used in various world culinary traditions, especially in Italian, Greek and Spanish cuisines. Add crushed leaves to soups, stews, sauces, marinades, roasted meat and vegetable dishes and bean dishes. Blends with meats, vegetables, beans and warm spices. Mustard Seed, Yellow: More commonly known as white mustard. The small, hard, round seeds are used whole ad mixed with other seeds, herbs and spices to produce pickling seasoning. Yellow mustard seed is also briefly toasted to enhance flavor before adding to foods. Use it to flavor culinary oils and vinegars. The seeds are also used to make yellow mustard, also add a pungent flavor to soups, stews, braised foods and to various condiments. Lemongrass: Lemongrass is an ornamental perennial grass native to Asia, where it is used extensively as a culinary herb. Also called Citronella Grass and Barbed Wire Grass, lemongrass is prepared as tea and used to add citrus flavor to soups, stews, vegetables, fish and poultry. Mostly used in Asian cuisine to add lemony flavor to soups. Cinnamon Chips(35g / 1.25 oz): Cinnamon chips offer a convenient way to incorporate the flavor and aroma of cinnamon into tea blends, mulling and pickling spice blends, potpourri, herb pillows and other crafts without having to break apart or cut whole cinnamon sticks. Star anise: Star Anise, also called Chinese Star Anise and Star Aniseed, is a spice obtained from the fruits of an Asian shrub. It is so-named because the seed pods are star-shaped and contain a highly aromatic compound called anethole, which is responsible for the anise-like flavor of the spice. As a component of garam masala and Chinese Five-Spice Powder, star anise is a common seasoning in Indian and Asian foods. Whole star anise is also used in potpourri mixtures and tea blends. Use in marinades or rub into skin of meat before roasting. Whisk into rich winter soups, like sweet potato. Add to spice cakes. Infuse in tea. Net weight: 112 g / 3.95 oz