Aromatic Plants for Your Kitchen

Aromatic kitchen seedlings contain substances that are characterized by a pleasant smell, aromas in fact, and are also rich in essential oils. Basil , rosemary, sage, chives, lavender, marjoram, mint, oregano, thyme and luigia herb are just some of the aromatic kitchen plants that we at Spaghetti & mandolin can offer you: ingredients that are always fresh and of the best quality that will allow you to give free rein to your imagination in the kitchen, thus creating real culinary masterpieces that will stand out for their thousand and more nuances of flavor and for the most inviting aromatic notes.

Often aromatic seedlings are unfortunately mistakenly confused with spices. But let's try to clarify a bit.

Difference between aromatic plants and spices

In general, it can be said that the aromatic herbs, leaves and flowers of aromatic seedlings, are used to enrich the scent and flavor of a food or dish. The vast majority of the time, the leaves or flowers of aromatic seedlings are used in the kitchen when fresh, adding them to cold preparations or at the end of cooking in order to better preserve their aroma, since heat partially denatures the substances that constitute it.

Spices, on the other hand, are generally used dried and have the function of giving a certain taste to foods, thus modifying the flavor of a dish, strengthening it or making it more pleasant to the palate. Furthermore, spices, for the most part, have an exotic origin and are obtained from the processing of shrubs, berries, seeds, roots, buds, leaves and fruits. Some examples are, for example, chilli, pepper, cloves, saffron and paprika.

Use of aromatic plants in the kitchen

Generally, aromatic plants, as mentioned above, are used cold or are added at the end of cooking, preferably finely chopped, but also whole if you want to garnish the dish giving it an extra touch of color; classic examples are basil, parsley and chives.

However, there are some varieties of aromatic plants that behave differently: we are talking about woody aromatic plants that are characterized by the presence of a hard wooden stem such as, for example, rosemary, bay leaf and sage. These aromatic kitchen plants are perfect for preparing dishes that require long cooking and must be added during the preliminary stages of preparation so that they slowly release all their aroma.

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Aromatic seedlings in pots ready for your kitchen

There is nothing more convenient than carrying aromatic potted plants to your balcony. Or grow them on the kitchen window and easily have aromatic leaves available when they are used to flavor some recipe.

Most aromatic plants are easily cultivated in pots, you just need to dedicate the right care. Medicinal plants, also known as aromatic, are rustic and therefore particularly resistant.
Among the easiest to grow ever are basil, chives, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme, parsley, marjoram and oregano.

The rules for growing aromatic plants in pots are always the same. What changes is exposure to the sun. More or less all aromatic plants want a fertile, well-drained soil and constant irrigation. As far as exposure to the sun is concerned, it goes from sunny (basil, rosemary, sage, thyme) to partially shaded (mint, chives, parsley, oregano).

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