Star anise Flower size 2.5

Star anise Flower size 2.5

Star anise - spice to dishes of mutton, beef and pork and fish.

In Confectionery - for sweets, jams, compotes, liqueurs and others.

Star anise (fructus Anisi stellati) is used to flavor hard to digest, fatty meals and sweet baked goods. The fruits are placed primarily in dishes of mutton, fish in sweets, compotes and jams. Combine with cloves, ginger and cinnamon.

In each ray of the star (radiation is 6-12, most often 8) is located at 1 shiny tan rounded seed. In the pericarp contains essential oils obtained through steam distillation, contains up to 90% anethole, which is responsible for the pleasant anise fragrance and sweet taste.

The seed oil contains mostly fat and protein and therefore has no flavor.

Star anise stimulates the release of secretions in the gastro-intestinal tract, lung and mammary gland.

It helps functioning of the heart, act slightly antiseptic and anti-inflammatory.

Used to flavor hard to digest, fatty meals and sweet pechiva.Plodovete put mainly in dishes of mutton, fish in sweets, compotes and jams.

Combine with cloves, ginger and cinnamon.

The essential oil is used mainly for the preparation of beverages, especially for liqueurs.

Continued use of liqueurs and the use of the pooled result in larger doses can cause chronic poisoning (essential oil is toxic to the central nervous system). Therefore, it is advisable to 1 liter or compote dish of four portions to put 2-3 beam of mopping fruit, which are removed before serving.

In medicine, the fruits of star anise apply cough, inflammation of the oral cavity, toothache, colic and gas in the stomach and intestines, cardiovascular disturbances, to increase milk in nursing. Accepted ground fruits of the tip of a knife 3 times a day before meals or 1-2 drops of essential oil 3 times a day and gladno.Plodovete be used to flavor tea bilki.Kapnato on paper, essential oil drives away insects.

Origin: Vietnam