A few weeks ago, we put the spotlight on Cassia
in our “Spice of the Week” series. This week, we focus on one of its relatives:
cinnamon.
Though a very common
spice today, its origins were long shrouded in mystery. It was known in ancient
Greece and Rome, but no one knew where it came from! A fable by Arab merchants
claimed that wild raptors went looking for cinnamon in faraway lands and
brought it back to line their nests. Brave Arabs then stole cinnamon from the
nests to sell it. According to the storyteller in “1001 Nights”, cinnamon even
grows on the bottom of a secret lake! But alas, the truth is less spectacular.
Cinnamon comes from the Cinnamomum verum tree.
Our Cinnamon recipe is:
Devil's
cinnamon
4 tablespoons
ground coffee
6 dl
water
2
cinnamon sticks
sugar
cube
cognac
whipped
cream
Slowly
heat cinnamon and water, add ground coffee, remove cinnamon and pour into cups.
Heat a spoon over a flame, place sugar cube in spoon pour on cognac and set
alight. After flame goes out, place contents of spoon into cup. Repeat for each
cup prepared. Decorate with whipped cream.
Check out Cinnamon in the Biodiversity Library Exhibition! Stay tuned!
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