{"id":12291,"date":"2026-06-04T14:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.manasgarsas.lv\/products\/bay-leaves-crushed\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:54:45","slug":"bay-leaves-crushed","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/products\/bay-leaves-crushed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay leaves (crushed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You will receive the bay leaves crushed! Whole ones are currently unavailable! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aromatic, evergreen bay laurel tree or shrub grows in the Mediterranean region, and its leaves are smooth and shiny. Bay leaves are added to soups, stews, meat, fish, or vegetable dishes, where they give the food a distinct flavor and aroma. Mostly, the leaves are used whole. Unless intended as a garnish, they are removed from the dish before eating because even when cooked, they have sharp edges. Crushed leaves can also be used in soups and broths. This spice is also an ingredient in the Bloody Mary cocktail.     <\/p>\n<p><strong>USAGE<\/strong>: Bay leaves are suitable for beef, lamb, pork, and liver dishes, and are also used in soups and marinades (especially vinegar marinades), 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 perfectly enrich most vegetable and pasta dishes containing fresh or sun-dried tomatoes.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>MANASGAR\u0160AS.LV RECOMMENDS:<\/strong> Try making a marinade for roast lamb \u2013 finely crush 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 sit for 2\u20133 hours. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will receive the bay leaves crushed! Whole ones are currently unavailable! The aromatic, evergreen bay laurel tree or shrub grows in the Mediterranean region, and its leaves are smooth and shiny. Bay leaves are added to soups, stews, meat, fish, or vegetable dishes, where they give the food a distinct flavor and aroma. Mostly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[139],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12291","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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\/12291","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=12291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=12291"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=12291"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manasgarsas.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=12291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}