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Songs of the Garden. You can hear samples of the album from the website www.songsofthegarden.com
SPICE IT UP
with Ian Hemphill from www.herbies.com.auBackhousia citriodora, also known as Lemon Scented Myrlte, Lemon Ironwood and Sweet Verbena Tree.
For gardeners wanting fragrance in
their gardens, you can’t beat planting a tree whose leaves exude a lemony scent
all year round.
It might be too subtle for some
because you really need to crush the leaves for the leaves to get the delicious
aroma.
This tree has already featured in
plant of the week as a bush tucker plant, but why is it so good that it’s
popping up again in the Spice it Up segment?
Because the potential use in our
kitchens has yet to be realised and who better to ask than herb and spice guru
from Herbies Spices to find out all those extra uses in cooking.
What did you think of all those
extra uses for lemon scented myrtle?
This tree grows well in all areas of in the eastern states of Australia.
Would you try chicken stuffing with a handful of the
fresh leaves, then rub the outside of the chicken with some powdered lemon scented
myrtle, plus salt and pepper?
Also use it in Asian cuisine-laksa, curries, spice blends, just substitute lemon grass with lemon scented myrtle leaves.
TIP: cut out the mid rib of the fresh leaves before using in cooking.
Lemon scented myrtle can be substituted for Lemon Verbena leaves in cooking.
What about lemon myrtle cream or
yoghurt?
Sounds delicious doesn’t it?If that doesn’t suit, then there’s
the dried crushed leaves in shortbread biscuits and cakes.
REMEMBER THE TIP: ½
teaspoon of dried powder to 1 cup of flour.