Sweet cicely

Sweet cicely is out at the moment and makes a lovely Plant for the garden and its also usefull..

 

The roots of sweet cicely are antiseptic and it is also used as a culinary herb..
CULINARY:
Oil from the seeds is used commercially to flavor Chartreuse and other liqueurs.
The leaves, stems or unripe seeds used in fruit or other salads.
Goes well with fish dishes (lay whole leaves on fish to be baked on grill and throw stems into the coals).
Roots of older plants can be boiled and eaten as a vegetable or candied.
The dried leaves are sometimes used as a tea.
The foliage is used to make vinegar.
Has an anise like flavor and is used as sugar substitute so that the amount of sugar in a recipe can be reduced.
Roots are steamed and simmered. Seeds used in candy, syrups and cakes.
CANDIED ROOTS: Peel and slice roots and simmer until tender in water to cover; make syrup same as candied angelica stems but add a little lemon juice and proceed the same.

OTHER:
The chopped seeds were once used to perfume furniture polish. The ripe seeds, ground fine, can be used to polish wood. The dried leaves sometimes used in potpourri.

 

Hi!

I love sweet cicely, and have a plant growing in a bed, complimenting my aquileiga beautifully!

Great info!

 

glad you like it as well because it flowers early i think it adds a welcome sight to the garden..it also smells divine..I have mine growung by the dames violets and it looks really attractive..