Use: poultry, pork, chicken, leeks, pumpkins, soups, herbal teas, liqueurs, duck, rice. Badiane is the fruit of the boy, illicium verum, tropical tree of the family of illicaceae. Originally from Southeast Asian, the boy is present in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines. are yellow or pink in color. Fruits, fragrant, are picked green and then dried Brought back from Asia to the time of Marco Polo, the boy will not take off in Europe as from the Renaissance when it is imported by the English. Very coveted in the Middle Ages, rare, starreish was the subject of many lusts, So it was very expensive. Today, the star anise still comes from Southeast Asia.
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