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fresh herbs
I grow the common herbs in my garden; thyme, marjoram, sage, rosemary, chives. and have a decent sized bay. I also have basil, parsley and coriander in the kitchen.
A reasonable collection I think, but sometimes a recipe calls for something a little different. Recently making lettuce shop the recipe asked for lovage - I didn't have any, so left it. The soup was tasty, nice and fresh but I wondered what difference the extra ingredient would have made. This recipe for Escalopes of Salmon Troisgros calls for sorrel, something else I'm unlikely to find unless I start growing it. Does anyone have any suitable substitutions that are more easily available? Thanks. |
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A nice peppery bit of rocket.
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Young dock leaves can be found everywhere.
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Or you can buy small sorrel plants from eBay if you can wait a few days.
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Sorrel is very sharp taste, poisonous if you eat too much. Something like a sharp tasting kiwi fruit I think is closest to the flavour.
Lovage seeds can be substituted by fennel seeds they are quite similar. Lovage leaves are not dissimilar to a strong flat leaf parsley in flavour. |
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This is useful http://www.foodsubs.com/HerbsEur.html So many times I don't have the right one amongst the 20+ jars that lurk in the cupboards
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This is useful http://www.foodsubs.com/HerbsEur.html So many times I don't have the right one amongst the 20+ jars that lurk in the cupboards
![]() ![]() I have numerous pots of dried herbs - some I've bought for a specific dish and only used once. ![]() Thanks for all the advice from other posters.
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Thanks for that link - very useful though to be honest if I haven't got lovage I'm not likely to have angelica.
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