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Chervil - where to find?

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  • 11-07-2010 5:03pm
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    looperman1000
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    i am having problems sourcing it for a soup ingredient. Anyone know where i can pick some up, please?


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    mathepac
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    The dried herbs section in any supermarket should have it or if it's not available on its own, look for a fines herbes mixture which has chervil as a major constituent, though this may not suit. If you want fresh, God only knows where you'll get it, a greengrocers perhaps or the veggy section in a big supermarket where they sell herbs growing in plastic tubs?

    It's easy enough to grow from seed, but that won't help now. Fresh, the leaves have a strange (to me) flavour a bit like mild liquorice; cooked in a stew the roots have a more robust carroty-Pernody flavour (don't show this to Rachael Allen, please).


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    looperman1000
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭looperman1000


    ha ha about the Rachel Allen comment! :-)
    Many thanks for your input


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    waltersobchak
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    If its for cooking just substitute it with 1/2 the amount of Tarragon, both have a very similar aniseed flavor, with Tarragon being the stronger of the 2..


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    looperman1000
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭looperman1000


    thanks a lot waltersobchak
    waltersobchak wrote: »
    If its for cooking just substitute it with 1/2 the amount of Tarragon, both have a very similar aniseed flavor, with Tarragon being the stronger of the 2..


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