Clove

Used in 9 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Cloves are the dried, unopened flower buds of an evergreen tree, small dark nails with a round head, and this page covers them whole and ground. Their flavour is intensely warm, sweet and numbing at the edges, strong enough that four or five perfume a whole pot, and too many turn a dish medicinal. Whole cloves go into broths and braises and come out again before serving: the Braised Red Cabbage here has you fish them out at the end, and Pho Bo toasts them dry with star anise and cinnamon until the kitchen smells warm. Ground cloves lose their scent quickly, so buy whole, keep them sealed, and grind only what you need, as the Garam Masala does.

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Recipes with clove

Birria de Res — shot from directly overhead: beef braised in a deep red chilli broth until it shreds

Birria de Res

Beef braised in a deep red chilli broth until it shreds, served as a stew or folded into tacos dipped in its own fat.

BeefMexicanStews

Braised Red Cabbage — shot from directly overhead: shredded red cabbage cooked slowly with apple

Braised Red Cabbage

Shredded red cabbage cooked slowly with apple, vinegar and spice, the acid going in early so the colour stays bright.

1 hr 50 minServes 8

BritishLeafy greensSide dishes

Garam Masala — shot from directly overhead: whole spices toasted one kind at a time

Garam Masala

Whole spices toasted one kind at a time, cooled and ground, which is what separates a fresh blend from the grey dust in a jar.

20 minServes 20

30 minutesBasicsIndian

Lamb Rogan Josh — shot from directly overhead: lamb shoulder browned hard then cooked for two hours in yogurt and Kashmiri chilli

Lamb Rogan Josh

Lamb shoulder browned hard then cooked for two hours in yogurt and Kashmiri chilli, until the sauce is red, glossy and clinging rather than soupy.

2 hr 40 minServes 6

CurriesDinnerIndian

Mole Poblano — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Mole Poblano

A long, dark sauce of toasted chillies, nuts, seeds, spices and a little chocolate, poured over turkey or chicken.

ChickenMexicanSauces

Pho Bo — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Pho Bo

Charring the onion and ginger before they go near water is what makes the broth smell like pho rather than beef soup. Everything else is patience.

6 hr 30 minServes 6

VietnameseDinnerBeef

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Pork Vindaloo — shot from directly overhead: pork marinated in vinegar

Pork Vindaloo

Pork marinated in vinegar, garlic and dried chillies, then cooked slowly until sharp, dark and much more sour than hot.

9 hr 55 minServes 6

CurriesIndianPork

Pryaniki — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Pryaniki

Spiced honey biscuits with a soft crumb and a thin white sugar glaze that dries to a matt shell as they cool.

1 hr 45 minServes 24

DessertsRussianVegetarian

Tacos al Pastor — shot from directly overhead: chilli-and-pineapple marinated pork

Tacos al Pastor

Chilli-and-pineapple marinated pork, grilled hard and served in small tortillas with onion, coriander and more pineapple.

12 hr 55 minServes 6