Garlic chive is the correct name of the plant, which has never been missing in the gardens of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers.
Chive is a bulbous, lush green plant. Its hollow leaves contain large amount of vitamin C and essential oils that give it a distinctive, spicy aroma. From us, from Mochov, you can buy cut or potted chives. If you cut the leaf carefully, without damaging the bulbs, your plant will produce leaves again and if you don’t forget to water it, it will grow again and again for the rest of the year.
When preparing meals, add chives at the end of preparation or when the meal is ready. Cooking deprives it not only for its colour, but also for precious minerals and vitamins.
Even when it is dried, it retains its beautiful colour. Unfortunately, drying makes it to lose its flavour and aroma, so it is then used for garnishing only. If you want to store it, freeze it instead of drying it.
24 pots in a crate
flowpack 50 g, 100 g
Chive Sauce Very finely chop peeled onion, mix it with cream, chives, spices, mustard, and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over a cucumber salad or over any salad mixed from several vegetables. Ingredience: 2 handfuls of chopped chive, 250 ml sour cream, 1 tbsp. of lemon juice, 1 tsp. of mustard, ½ tsp. of Vegeta mixture, ½ of onion |
Soup from Lettuce with Chive Peel the potatoes and onions, rinse the leek. Slice the onions and leeks. Dice the potatoes. Prepare about 2 litres of broth from the bouillon cube and boiling water. Wash lettuce thoroughly and chop it up to small pieces. Put it into boiling water and cook for 1 minute, then drain immediately. Melt half the butter and use it to stew boiled and strained salad. Stew for 10 minutes under the lid on low heat. Melt the remaining butter and use it to fry leek and onion until the onion turns glassy. Pour broth from bouillon cubes; add diced potatoes and the lettuce stewed on butter. Add more water as needed. Boil until the potatoes become tender, for about 15 minutes. When the soup is boiled, remove it from the heat and stir in some sour cream. It can be flavoured with salt and pepper. Put 1 boiled and chopped egg in each serving of spring lettuce soup and sprinkle it with chopped chives. Ingredience: 1 small head of lettuce, 6 potatoes, 2 smaller onions, 1 small leek, 100g of butter, 2 litres of bouillon cube broth, 1 cup of sour cream, 4 hard-boiled eggs, salt, 2 handfuls of chopped chive |
Lettuce with Eggs and Chive Rinse the lettuce leaves in cold water, tear them into pieces and spread them over the bowl. Prepare dressing from cream, chopped eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and chives. Pour the dressing over the lettuce leaves, and possibly add ground pepper. Ingredience: 1 head of lettuce, 2 hard-boiled eggs, 100 g of sour cream, a pinch of sugar, 1 tbsp. of lemon juice, salt, handful of chopped chive. |