Crossword clues for tarragon
tarragon
- Herb type
- Fragrant plant
- Seasoning herb
- Béarnaise ingredient
- Rémoulade ingredient
- Pungent green herb
- Spice-shelf item
- Old World seasoning plant
- Herb — arrogant (anag)
- Herb — a torn rag (anag)
- Grilled fish seasoning
- Fresh leaves used as seasoning
- French cuisine herb
- Bitter green herb
- Béarnaise sauce herb
- Bearnaise sauce flavoring
- Bearnaise herb
- Arrogant (anag)
- Spice used in pickling
- BГ©arnaise ingredient
- Vinegar flavoring
- Leaves in the kitchen
- RГ©moulade ingredient
- Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
- Fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning
- Béarnaise sauce ingredient
- Pickle maker's purchase
- Pickling ingredient
- Egypt's last king inspired by old queen's home cooking ingredient
- Flavouring rib and leg with salt
- Plant in river in the past blocking lake
- Arrogant, rearranging plant
- Herb Alpert ultimately right to visit part of Spain
- Herb - arrogant
- Aromatic herb used in cooking
- Culinary herb
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarragon \Tar"ra*gon\, n. [Sp. taragona, Ar. tarkh?n; perhaps fr. Gr. ? a dragon, or L. draco; cf. L. dracunculus tarragon. Cf. Dragon.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Artemisa ( Artemisa dracunculus), much used in France for flavoring vinegar.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European plant of the wormwood genus, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon "serpent, dragon" (via drakontion "dragonwort"); see dragon. From the same source come Spanish taragona, Italian targone, French estragon (with unetymological prefix). Its aromatic leaves long have been used for flavoring (especially vinegar).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A perennial herb, the wormwood species ''Artemisia dracunculus'', from Europe and parts of Asia. 2 The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in vinegar / oil mixture) used as a seasoning.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), also known as estragon, is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America, and is cultivated for culinary and medicinal purposes in many lands.
One sub-species, Artemisia dracunculus var. sativa, is cultivated for use of the leaves as an aromatic culinary herb. In some other sub-species, the characteristic aroma is largely absent. The species is polymorphic. Informal names for distinguishing the variations include "French tarragon" (best for culinary use), "Russian tarragon" (typically better than wild tarragon but not as good as so-called French tarragon for culinary use), and "wild tarragon" (covers various states).
Tarragon grows to tall, with slender branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, long and 2–10 mm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in small capitulae 2–4 mm diameter, each capitulum containing up to 40 yellow or greenish-yellow florets. French tarragon, however, seldom produces any flowers (or seeds). Some tarragon plants produce seeds that are generally only sterile. Others produce viable seeds. Tarragon has rhizomatous roots and it readily reproduces from the rhizomes.
Usage examples of "tarragon".
The volatile essential oil of Tarragon is chemically identical with that of Anise, and it is found to be sexually stimulating.
Various recipes in this book call for wine vinegar, cider vinegar, rice vinegar, tarragon vinegar, white vinegar, and balsamic vinegar.
Lettuce, tomatoes cut in halves, sprinkled with powdered tarragon, and parsley or chives.
Start with a thin-crust pizza, fried calamari with spicy lemon aioli, a cheese plate, or the signature fig and arugula salad, move on to braised pot roast with mashed potatoes and vegetables or mussels in a garlic, leek, and tarragon sauce with fries, and finish with a chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.
So were the winter vegetables and the roast fillet of beef with cornichon tarragon sauce.
In Continental cookery the use of Tarragon is advised to temper the coldness of other herbs in salads, like as a Rocket doth.
Into the soup kettle went stew beef to simmer and to send out ambrosial fumes once thyme and sage, onion, basil and tarragon had been joined to it.
Lily told Becky to pick all the tarragon she needed from the herb patch which at that time of year burgeoned with wasteful plenty.
Tarte Valentoise, hot from the oven, the Gruyere cheese, blending just so with the tarragon mustard, made an excellent hors d'oeuvre, pate de saumon, served with shrimp sauce, followed by fillets of lamb accompanied by a fresh tomato puree and tiny potatoes, and all washed down by Chablis Grand Cru.
Makes 1 cup WILD MAN'S WILD RICE SALAD 1/2 cup raw wild rice 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard (or more, if desired) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 scallions, finely chopped 3 radishes, diced 1 small tomato, drained, seeded, and diced 1/3 cup jicama, peeled and diced 1 cup baby spinach leaves, well washed and drained, plus extra for lining platter Salt and pepper to taste The night before you are to serve the salad, thoroughly rinse the rice, place it in a glass bowl, and completely cover the kernels with water.
Going to make smoked duck sandwiches, cold chicken breast with tarragon, her to take on the road, not go in the diners.
I mean, how are we going to get through 150 prawn toasts, 200 devils-on-horseback, 350 cocktail sausages glazed with honey and tarragon, 180 oak-smoked salmon appetizers and 223 spinach and cheese miniroulades?
The Common Basil has very dark green leaves, the curled-leaved has short spikes of flowers, the narrow-leaved smells like Fennel, another has a scent of citron and another a tarragon scent, one species has leaves of three colours, and another 'studded' leaves.
Therefore, they were preparing a sixteen-pound turkey, pecan stuffing, scalloped potatoes, baked corn, carrots with tarragon, pepper slaw, pumpkin pie, and made-from-scratch crescent rolls.
Back aboard, he grilled the fish over a small charcoal brazier attached to the transom of the boat, and while it was cooking, he sliced the tomatoes, drizzled some olive oil and tarragon vinegar over them, and added some crumbled feta cheese.