North Mountain Supply Whole Cloves - 1 Pound Bag

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  • Cloves are quite popular in North Africa cuisine where they are used in spice blends to flavor rice or meat dishes
  • Throughout Asia they are popular in curries - They also have a strong reputation for use in pickling and mulling
  • In Mexican cuisine, cloves are frequently paired with cinnamon (in Mexico this would be canela of ceylon cinnamon) and cumin
  • The flavor of cloves is bitter, hot, rich and a little sultry with hints of fruitiness while the aroma is strong with undertones of camphor and pepper
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Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Our cloves are from Madagascar. Cloves are quite popular in North Africa cuisine where they are used in spice blends to flavor rice or meat dishes. Throughout Asia they are popular in curries. Whole cloves also have a strong reputation for use in pickling and mulling. Cloves are a key ingredient in Chinese Five Spice, Garam Masala, Pumpkin Pie Spice and Quatre Epices. In Mexican cuisine, cloves are frequently paired with cinnamon (in Mexico this would be canela of ceylon cinnamon) and cumin. In this country whole cloves are most commonly used to stud ham or pork roast while ground cloves are most often found in cakes, custards, pies and liqueurs. While we often think of them partnered most frequently with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in sweet dishes they are also gaining quite a reputation with discerning home chefs in savory dishes when combined with sage and pepper. They're also a wonderful secret ingredient when using a clove or two in slow cooked beef stock, sauces and stews. Cloves go well with apples, beets, carrots, chocolate, ham, onions, oranges, pork, squash and sweet potatoes. Cloves works well in combination with allspice, bay, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, fennel, ginger, mace and nutmeg. The flavor of cloves is bitter, hot, rich and a little sultry with hints of fruitiness while the aroma is strong with undertones of camphor and pepper. If you are looking for a clove powder to whole clove substitute use 1 whole clove to 1/4 tsp of clove powder.

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      1.1 lbs

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