I made a soup in a Crock-Pot and placed rosemary directly in it. Once the soup was finished the rosemary had dispersed all over the soup.
The process I used:
Lightly spray Crock-Pot with Pam
Cut up vegetables (onion,carrot,garlic,cabbage,potato,etc)
Cut up and trim chicken breast
Place ingredients in Crock-Pot
Add chicken stock
Add in rosemary (on the stick not ground)
Add in bay leaves and a few other spices
Cook on low for 8 hours
So the soup turned out pretty good, except that it had the bay leaves and the rosemary leaves scattered throughout.
How am I supposed to add in fresh spices (not ground ones) such as the rosemary stick while being able to remove them from the Crock-Pot once the cooking process is complete?
Best Answer
You are looking for what is called a bouquet garni which is essentially a bundle of herbs tied together for easy removal.
There are three basic ways to do it:
When the dish is done cooking, you can then remove the herbs all in one go simply by removing the bouqet garni.