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Star anise recipes
star anise
Pretty star anise is gently bitter and has a similar flavour to liquorice. Crush it in a pestle and mortar to add to spice blends, cook with chicken and pork, or simmer in poaching fruit or mulled drinks for added depth of flavour.
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Pork chops with pears & shallots
Sesame soy roast chicken
Coriander chicken curry
Pork chops with pickled rhubarb and shaved fennel
Beef short rib & kale noodle soup with chilli oil
Soy-braised pork with cranberries
Glögg
Glühbier
Coffee-braised short ribs with black beans
Tomato & ginger rasam
The best mulled wine
Braised red cabbage wedges with apple salsa
Clementine & star anise jam
Port-braised spiced red cabbage
Braised duck legs with sherry, figs & chicory
Corn on the cob in curry leaf coconut broth
Chai milk granita with spiced plums
Cherry & star anise ripple ice cream
Brunch grazing board
Sticky five-spice gammon
Pane di Pasqua
Beef meatball massaman
Butter-lacquered brioche toast with poached rhubarb
Dhansak with chicken thighs
Cinnamon old-fashioned
Mulled wine syrup
Slow-cooked beef short rib & jackets
Classic mulled wine
Mulled clementine perry punch
Sriracha tofu noodle soup
Sticky spiced sausage & plum traybake
Poached apricots with ricotta
Nasi minyak (pilau rice)
The spiced toddy
Slow roasted brined wing rib of beef
Apple & cranberry Christmas chutney
Rice noodle beef broth
Apple & rhubarb cobbler
Roasted plums with vanilla ice cream
Halloween Black Forest cupcakes
Aromatic poached guinea fowl
Sticky soy-braised beef short ribs
Poached chicken, orzo & greens soup
Spiced fig & blackberry preserve
Crème brûlée with cherry compote
Sticky date & soy beef stew
Spiced plum & coconut pots with coconut cookies
Pickled melon with whipped feta & fried capers
Plum & shallot tarte tatin with goat's cheese
Spicy pulled pork broth with noodles
Rendang daging (beef rendang)
Cider & maple poached peaches
Mushroom & smoked tofu stew
Seville orange and honey cake