Cooking with Herbs
Fresh cut herbs are much more flavorsome and aromatic than dried herbs.
It is well worth adding them to your homemade meals for their delicious, delicate and fresh herby flavor.
Not only that, but herbs are actually very beneficial to your health. Most herbs have been used for hundreds of years for medicinal purposes, to treat almost everything from coughs and colds to arthritis and leprosy. They were even thought to ward off evil spirits and bad luck and some herbs were regarded as symbols of bravery, love and fertility.
Different types of herbs have different flavors and therefore certain
herbs go well with certain types of foods. For example, basil is always
paired with tomatoes, sage is used in stuffing and oregano can be added
to all Italian-style sauces.
You will also find that if you are a lover of Italian cooking, you will be using a wide range of fresh herbs, particularly basil, oregano, sage and rosemary. The Spanish, on the other hand, are not great lovers of herbs but you won't find a savory dish that does not contain olive oil, onions or garlic.
Fresh herbs have a much more delicate flavor than the dried form of the herb, which tend to be more concentrated. For this reason, if you choose to use the fresh form of the herb instead of the dried, you will need much larger amounts. Generally, the ratio is 1 tsp of dried herb to 1 tbsp of fresh herb or three times as much fresh herb to dried herb (3 -1).
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