Aniseed (also known as Anise) has a distinctive flavour and appears in a vast array of food and drink. Aniseed is the main flavouring in a variety of Mediterranean spirits including pastis, raki, sambuca and ouzo. It is used in cuisines around the world to give the final dish a sweet, aromatic fragrance, and is also widely used in baking.

USES: Aniseed can be added to the dough for baked goods as well as to the fruit filling of a crumble or pie. It's distinctive flavour also complements minced meat well. 

ORIGIN: Spain/Turkey

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