{"id":4115,"date":"2021-04-07T19:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tilda.com\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:44:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T15:44:19","slug":"what-is-star-anise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tilda.com\/en-ae\/blog\/ingredient-guide\/what-is-star-anise\/","title":{"rendered":"What is star anise and how do I use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-section content-section--top-mask content-section-- u-contrast-text--\">\n    <div class=\"free-content container container--small\">\n                    <div class=\"free-content__content user-content\">\n                <p style=\"text-align: center;\">Star anise is shaped like an eight-pointed star and contains seeds with an aniseed flavour.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-section content-section--top-mask content-section--blue\">\n        \n    <div class=\"image-with-text container container--small\">\n                    <div class=\"image-with-text__content\">\n                <h3 class=\"section__header--underlined\">METHODS<\/h3>\n<p>Star anise is used widely in Chinese cooking. Commonly found in powder form as well as in it&#8217;s beautiful star shape, star anise is one of the five spices in Chinese five-spice powder. A delicious way to use this aromatic spice is to try infusing it with your Basmati rice whilst cooking to add a subtle hint of liquorice to your dish.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        \n                            \n                    <div class=\"image-with-text__image\">\n                <picture>\n\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/tildaricelive.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/15112144\/download-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 2000px)\"\/>\n\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/tildaricelive.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/15112144\/download-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 1440px)\"\/>\n\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/tildaricelive.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/15112144\/download-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\/>\n\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/tildaricelive.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/15112144\/download-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 360px)\"\/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"star anise\"  src=\"https:\/\/tildaricelive.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/15112144\/download-1.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n<\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ingredient-guide"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guide To Star Anise | What is star anise? 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