The aromatic, evergreen bay laurel tree or shrub grows in the Mediterranean, producing smooth, glossy leaves. Bay leaves add a unique flavor and aroma to soups, stews, meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. They are mostly used whole and removed before serving\u2014unless used as a garnish\u2014as they remain sharp even after cooking. You can also use ground leaves in soups and broths. This spice is even a key ingredient in a Bloody Mary. <\/p>\n
USAGE<\/strong>: Bay leaves are perfect for beef, lamb, pork, and liver dishes, and are also used in soups, marinades (especially vinegar-based), various sauces, vegetable canning, mushroom dishes, and fish preservation. Bay leaves pair well with black and green pepper, rosemary, basil, garlic, oregano, paprika, pink pepper, sage, and thyme. They beautifully enrich most vegetable and pasta dishes containing fresh or sun-dried tomatoes. <\/p>\n MANASGAR\u0160AS.LV RECOMMENDATION:<\/strong> Try making a marinade for roast lamb\u2014finely grind bay leaves, green peppercorns, allspice, and garlic (fresh or dried), then mix with dried rosemary, paprika, and tomato powder, adding salt and oil. Rub the lamb with this mixture and let it marinate for 2\u20133 hours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The aromatic, evergreen bay laurel tree or shrub grows in the Mediterranean, producing smooth, glossy leaves. Bay leaves add a unique flavor and aroma to soups, stews, meat, fish, and vegetable dishes. They are mostly used whole and removed before serving\u2014unless used as a garnish\u2014as they remain sharp even after cooking. You can also use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[121,139],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10805","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-organic","product_cat-spices","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/10805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=10805"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=10805"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=10805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}