Cloves Whole 50g

Cloves are the flower buds of the clove tree, an evergreen also known as Syzygium aromaticum. This versatile spice can be used to season pot roasts, add flavour to hot beverages, and bring spicy warmth to cookies and cakes. They’ve got a strong, warm, and slightly sweet flavour with a hint of bitterness—pretty intense ,they look like little dark brown nails (bud on top, stem below).
Their flavor/Aroma is rich, spicy, and almost numbing on the tongue—that comes from a natural oil called eugenol, which also has medicinal uses. In cooking they used whole, often poked into hams, onions (for soups/stews), or rice dishes. Traditional uses as herbal medicine and even in dentistry once upon a time, because clove oil has mild pain-relieving and antiseptic properties. They’re one of those spices where a little goes a long way—too many cloves can take over a dish.