2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
The leaves and delicate tips of the balm, cut before flowering, are used as a spice with a soothing lemon flavor in many dishes of European and American cuisine.
They are added to summer salads, sauces, grated cheese, soups and dishes with game, chicken, fish and mushrooms, to which it gives a touch of spiciness and sophistication.
Fresh or dried, balm is also suitable for dishes with rice, cottage cheese and eggs. Garnishes of boiled potatoes and zucchini are fragrant and original with the addition of a handful of finely chopped leaves.
Some use them in boiling milk to improve its aroma.
The herb has its place in canning - it preserves well salted tomatoes and cucumbers, and ground to a powder, it gives the perfect aroma of sauerkraut.
Recommendations for cooking with balm
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Add the balm in the dishes 1-3 minutes before removing them from the stove, or best immediately afterwards, as the spice is very tender and will quickly lose its aroma during prolonged heat treatment.
Do not season dishes with balm and mint, nutmeg and ginger at the same time - they will suppress its aroma.
The taste of any dish that contains lemon juice becomes even more pleasant if you add a few leaves of lemon balm.
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All The Health Benefits Of Balm
Lemon balm has a calming effect and is suitable for people with restless sleep. It also removes feelings of tension and excitement, anxiety and anxiety. The herb eliminates spasms in the stomach and intestines, slows heart rate, lowers blood pressure.
Aromatic Dishes With Balm
The balm is a wild plant. But lemon balm can be grown in the garden. It is harvested until July, and the stems are harvested before growth. This way it retains its pleasant aroma. It is dried and stored in paper bags. So everyone can get this extravagant spice, as well as fragrant and soothing balm tea for autumn and winter.
Lemon Balm
The balm (Melissa officinalis) is well known to us from herbal teas for mass consumption. This perennial herbaceous plant with dark green leaves, which have a characteristic lemon scent, has a number of health benefits that we are well aware of.
The Fish Is Amazing With Cloves And Balm
Clove is an ideal spice for patchouli, both for its warm and jelly version. It gives it a refined taste that kills the heavy aroma of garlic. Another suitable spice for patchouli is black-, red- and white pepper. Parsley is suitable for various fish dishes.
Regular Balm For Good Digestion
Lemon balm - wild or cultivated, is used both in medicine and in the manufacture of medicines, cosmetics and in cooking. It impresses with its fragrant colors and benefits. It is known that balm has been used in folk medicine for thousands of years.
