Cooking with Herbs

[herb princess]

What's your favorite herb recipe?

I love Chive Pesto, made with chives instead of basil, and walnuts instead of pinenuts.

How about you?

Herb Princess

[michEgan]

We love parsley potatoes with lots of buttter in it! Yummy!
Boy and a close second is cilantro in fresh salsa! Yummy!!

[Zeldaz]

I have not made it in years, but I used to love making basil pound cake. The dried basil is used, not fresh.

[Chocolatl]

Zeldaz wrote:
I have not made it in years, but I used to love making basil pound cake. The dried basil is used, not fresh.

That sounds interesting. Do you have the recipe?

[Zeldaz]

I'm not sure, haven't seen it in awhile, but I'll look around. It was a pretty basic pound cake, so it might be easy to reproduce.

[Kizzikate]

I like to roast fingerling potatos in olive oil, and whatever conglomeration I pick from the herb garden Garlic dill is great on these.

[Zeldaz]

Chocolatl wrote:

Zeldaz wrote:
I have not made it in years, but I used to love making basil pound cake. The dried basil is used, not fresh.

That sounds interesting. Do you have the recipe?

Sorry, it's not on my computer or in my big binder. I suspect it was in a notebook that was tossed when we moved. It used a tablespoon (or possibly as much as two) of dried basil in a plain poundcake recipe, if you want to give it a go.

[herb princess]

Rosemary or Lavender shortbread.

[Chocolatl]

Zeldaz wrote:

Chocolatl wrote:

Zeldaz wrote:
I have not made it in years, but I used to love making basil pound cake. The dried basil is used, not fresh.

That sounds interesting. Do you have the recipe?

Sorry, it's not on my computer or in my big binder. I suspect it was in a notebook that was tossed when we moved. It used a tablespoon (or possibly as much as two) of dried basil in a plain poundcake recipe, if you want to give it a go.

I might. It sounds tasty.

[Marion in Savannah]

Got dill? Love dill? Try making potato salad using baby new red potatoes. The dressing is half mayonnaise and half sour cream (or to taste, depending on what you like), thinly sliced scallions, and lots of fresh dill. Alas, I have to buy my dill because I've never been able to grow enough for the black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars and me!

[BecR]

Mmm those sound delicious--recipes please!!!

Here are a few of my favorites:

Lavender Lemonade
Garlic and Herb Cheese Truffles
Tartine's Gougeres (French Cheese Puffs)
Herbes De Napa
Pernod Pistou
Pasta Caponata
Lemon Basil Chicken Salad
Lemon Balm Lemonade
Herbal, Lemon-Ginger, or Vanilla Flavored Syrups for Drizzling
Summertime Crookneck & Zucchini Stir-Fry
Red and Yellow Tomato Platter With Olive Oil Vinaigrette

and, my Cooking with Herbs Cookbook

Becky

[herb princess]

Let's bump this up.

The herb of the year 2012 is rose.


Any ideas?

[Amberngriffinco]

Cilantro.

Straight.

Instead of lettuce, I use the leaves in heaps, literally, in my taco salad, tacos, burritos, salsas, etc..

love it!

[herb princess]

I love it too. ONe of the worlds most used herbs. And two herbs in one, coriander seeds are the seeds of the cilantro. So let some go to seed.

Thai food
Indian food
I love zhug--cilanatro, olive oil hot, hot peppers (a lot of them) ground together Good on tagines, stews, hearty soups

[Chef #2330688]

Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad