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Sage
Sage
Sage

Not a particularly common herb, which looks a bit like thyme, and perhaps is somewhat underrated.

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why not try:
Sage and onion stuffing


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There are three main types of sage. Common sage, with a greeny colour, is sometime hard to grow. It may be good to get going in the first place, but it's a perennial herb and quite often, after a couple of years, it starts to look rather manky and dies quite quickly.

The purple sage and golden variegated sage tend to remain much more compact, so they are good plants to use in the garden for ornamental purposes.

They can be used in cooking the same as green sage - there's not much difference in flavour. Sage is ideal with veal and veal chops, calves liver, or in sage butter.

All in all, a wonderful herb, and it's also lovely to use the leaves and coat them in batter, with a nice vinaigrettes or a dressing. You dip the leaves in batter and fry in vegetable oil.

You can have them as an appetiser or you could turn them into a more extensive dish by putting deep fried fillets of anchovies on a little bit of tossed roquette and a nice dressing around it, for a fabulous Italian starter.


So why not try out Sage and Onion Stuffing? Click here to go to the recipe

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