Illicium verum, also called star anise and anise, is a kind of spice. Not every star anise has eight horns, but there are six horns, and sometimes there are nine horns, but very few. The best quality is eight horns. The more horns, the better the taste and quality, and the more mellow the cooking taste with it.
Aniseed is star anise. There are two kinds of star anise, autumn star anise and spring star anise. The fruit is fat and full, the color is red and bright, and the smell is strong. Spring star anise is relatively thin, with a slightly sharp blue angle and weak aroma, and its quality is not as good as autumn star anise. It belongs to the subtropical wet and warm valley and is mainly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other provinces. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is the hometown of star anise.
Star anise and star anise have different names in different places, because it is the fruit of star anise tree, and it is named after eight horns. It is usually crushed to make powder or added to soup to enhance the taste. Star anise is especially suitable for boiling bone soup, pig's foot soup and sparerib soup, and its taste is particularly delicious.
How to choose aniseed:
1, you have found out when choosing the big materials. Although they are all very similar, the colors are still different. This is because of the different drying methods, so the color of aniseed will be somewhat different. I suggest that when you choose, you should choose more dark brown aniseed. The taste will be stronger.
2, the thickness of aniseed Some aniseed looks very thin, while others are very fat and thick. Moreover, the side seam is large, and the seeds inside can be clearly seen. I suggest that when you choose, give priority to with thicker meat. This kind of aniseed is more mature.
3. The shape of aniseed is also called star anise because most aniseed has eight corners, and a small amount of aniseed has nine corners. The corners of aniseed are vertical, straight and tidy. It is suggested that when selecting, the corners should be flat and straight.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-aniseed for the above contents.