DESCRIPTION
Product: Sage, Ground
Latin Name: Salvia triloba
Plant Family: Lamiaceae
Other Names: Greek Sage, Salvia Griega, Dreilappiger Salbei, Sauge Grecque, Sauge de Crète, Sauge de Grèce, Sauge Trilobée, Sauge à Trois Lobes & Three-Lobe Sage.
Description: Greek sage is a perennial shrubby herb, native to the eastern Mediterranean, including Turkey, Greece, the Canary Islands and North Africa. It grows to a height of 60cm rising to 90cm when the plant is in flower. The stems and leaves have a downy coating of fine hairs, the leaves are opposite, entire, tri-lobed and glaucous green in colour, the downy coatings give the leaves a silvery-grey colouring. The 2-lipped flowers rise in whorls on flower stalks approximately 30cm above the leaves and are pale lilac to deep lilac in colour and 1.3cm in length. Greek sage has a subtler flavour and aroma to Common Sage (Salvia officinalis).
SUGGESTED USE
Sage adds a special flavour to biscuits or scones, as well as bread. It is most famed for sage and onion stuffing which accompanies chicken, turkey and roast pork. Try dusting a pork roast with ground sage before roasting, ground sage can be added to flavour sausages, meatballs, burgers and vegetable purees where you want the flavour of sage without the bits. Ground sage can also be added to homemade tooth powders and to face masks for oily skin.
SHELF LIFE
Shelf life of two years provided that goods are stored in an airtight container in ambient conditions.
