Saturday, August 21, 2010

What is an herb you can substitute for lovage, in a soup recipe?

celery or parsley in place of Lovage. It is also used a salt replacement.What is an herb you can substitute for lovage, in a soup recipe?
lovè·¯age


NOUN:


A Mediterranean perennial plant (Levisticum officinale) having edible leaves and leafstalks and small, aromatic, seedlike fruit used as seasoning.


sounds like most any greens in the produce section


I like Bok choyWhat is an herb you can substitute for lovage, in a soup recipe?
~~~Lovage leaves are used in soups and gravies. The leaves have a celery like taste and so it can be used to good effect in vegetable soup. The young stalks and leaves are tasty cooked as a vegetable. Peel or scrape the stalks, chop them and boil in salted water until tender. Serve with a white sauce. The crushed seeds and chopped leaves can be added to omelettes, the seeds having the stronger flavour. The young stems of Lovage can be candied like Angelica and a good cordial can be made from this. Lovage broth made from the seeds is traditionally a diuretic and appetite stimulant.~~~





Celery leaves, tarragon, cilantro, for the flavor. For the diuretic?? for the appetite stimulant???
Try cilantro. You might like it better than the parsley.

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