Rosemary dried whole

Rosemary is an evergreen shrub with thin needle-like leaves and a pleasant aroma. Wild rosemary is found in southern Europe. In regions with a warm climate rosemary grows outdoors in one place for up to 20 years, reaching a height of two meters. This is a plant from the Western Mediterranean region. Hence the Latin name of the plant, which translates as "sea freshness. Rosemary, obviously, was spread to Europe by the Romans during their tours in Rome, the plant was cultivated as a medicinal and aromatic with antiquity.

Application

Flowers and leaves of rosemary are used as a spice in cooking. Fresh, slightly bitter leaves exude a clean and intense aroma, reminiscent of a complex mixture of camphor, eucalyptus, pine and lemon. Rosemary is a classic French spice blend "of herbs of Provence and bouquet Garni", on the basis of preparing aromatic vinegar.

The leaves of rosemary are perfectly combined with all kinds of meat. It is widely used for marinating pork, lamb and rabbit to hit a specific characteristic of these kinds of meat smell and give it a kind of "forest" scent of game. It is very important that rosemary does not lose its flavor when prolonged heat treatment, so you can add it when frying, stewing or baking products. The rosemary added to sauces and soups, and is particularly well suited to cheese dishes. A few leaves of rosemary can be added to the dessert.

Blends well with rosemary various vegetables and potatoes. For example, with rosemary, you can make a simple and very healthy dish: take large potatoes, carefully washed and cut into four parts. Then put on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil, add the rosemary leaves and bake in the oven. So the potatoes become rich aroma and will retain all the desirable properties.

In addition, in cooking, rosemary etusivu oil and salt. Because of the qualities of an antioxidant, rosemary serves as a natural food preservative. It is not recommended to use rosemary along with the Bay leaf and add it to fish dishes and thin marinades - it could stifle the flavor of his thick camphoraceous note.

Properties

The healing properties of rosemary are widely used in traditional medicine. It is used for gastro-intestinal diseases, disorders of the nervous system. Infusion of rosemary leaves applied inside with diseases of the upper respiratory tract and asthma, the same infusion can gargle with inflammatory diseases of the throat. In addition, the infusion strengthens heart contractions, short-term increases blood pressure, has a tonic effect. Rosemary has beneficial effects on unbalanced people, pregnant women and children, relieves anxiety, insomnia and loss of strength.