I love cinnamon basil. It's one of my favs. To me, cinnamon basil taste like sweet basil with a touch of anise, cinnamon and sweetness.
I use cinnamon to make:
homemade salad dressing
Pesto
A cilantro replacement in mild-medium salsa (with yellow wax peppers). Also use the the flowers in the salsa.
Marinade for bbq or baked chcken (basalmic vinegar, olive oil, onions, garlic, s/p, a little sugar, sometime a diced jalapeno and lots of chopped cinnamon basil).
Marinaded veggies/cheeses. Examples are: cukes, mushrooms, tomatoes, fresh mozerrella.
Herb salads (lettuce/cuke/tomato/etc mixtures with chopped: fresh cilantro, dill, basil (whatever type is in over abundance in my yard), green onions and other like herbs).
I also know a person that uses cinnamon basil to make chimichurri type dipping sauce. Unfortunately, I do not have a recipe.
I have also heard of people sneaking in a few leaves in iced tea. I haven't given this a try yet. Maybe next summer.
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