How to cook with Rosemary

[Jimmy]

When I make soup I toss in a sprig of thyme.
Its small leaves are no problem and I just pull out the twigs at the end.

Rosemary however leaves dozens of spiky leafs behind.
I could give it a good zap with the blender, but if I want chunky soup I can't.

I can't be bothered to chop it up first.

Any ideas, can you pop it into something ?
Any gadgets ?
Thanks
Jimmy

[veggiechicken]

Leave the rosemary as a sprig and pull it out at the end?

[Jimmy]

Leave the rosemary as a sprig and pull it out at the end?

By then all the spiky leaves have dropped off.
I searched on Ebay for "Cotton food filter bag"
Might do the trick !
Thanks
Jimmy

[Nicos]

Just buy some muslin.
Cut a large square and tie it into a dock Whittington type of bag containing the Rosemary.
Dead easy...and cheap!

[Jimmy]

OK think we have a fabric shop in Preston, they might have some !
Thanks
Jimmy

[Nicos]

I've also had a quick look on line....depending on the width it's between £2-3 per metre.
You can make lots with that !

[Jimmy]

Just made some Dahl, don't need herbs, just lots of Chillies !!!

[veggiechicken]

Wish I could stop reading the title as "How to cook with Delia" or some other celebrity chef.

Use old (clean) hankies if you have any lurking in your drawers.

[Bren In Pots]

I use the jelly bag I don't need it since I started putting my jams through the Kenwood sieve.

[Alison]

OK think we have a fabric shop in Preston, they might have some !
Thanks
Jimmy

Abakhan? Not been there in ages although use the Manchester one more.

[Jimmy]

Yes Abakhan
I do an Aldi trip on Sunday and it's a couple of doors down. Will pop in.
Jimmy

[Jungle Jane]

Could you cut open 4 unused teabags empty the tea,cut them so they're a large square & boil wash them to clean any bit of tea,then sow them together to make a large bag? They're quite strong & free to make right now?

[Snoop Puss]

How about one of those metal tea infusers? Cut the sprig to fit and then pull out the infuser at the end. Easily washable and reusable.

[Jimmy]

Could you cut open 4 unused teabags empty the tea,cut them so they're a large square & boil wash them to clean any bit of tea,then sow them together to make a large bag? They're quite strong & free to make right now?

Bit of a faf that!
Maybe I could lower a sieve into top of soup in slow cooker and put sprigs in that.
Think it might work ?
Jimmy

[Mrs Bee]

I use loads of rosemary when cooking.

I find the easiest way is to buy a krups coffee grinder, wash the rosemary and strip it by running your fingers down the stem until you have a pile. then blitz it to a powder in the coffee grinder and freeze it in little pots. I use tiny ones from the range, only about 30p each.

I then use it in rosemary and raisin bread, olive and rosemary sour dough bread, in stuffings, sauces, cream fish sauces and mix it with lemon juice, olive oil pepper and anchovies as a marinade/roasting paste for lamb or beef.

I use stems to flavour and infuse stocks sauces, and cream for chocolate and rosemary ice cream, and then pour the liquid through a sieve to get all the little bits.

If I want to flavour tomato based sauces I add some of the frozen powdered stuff at the end.

Actually I love the coffee grinders and have 2 one for wood dust for the smoker, one for herbs and spices. The only thing I don't use them for is coffee.