What do you like to do with sage ?

What do you like to do with sage ? This is a question that often comes to mind. Clotilde (pardon me for not having been able to get her full name) of Chocolate & Zucchini has posted some ideas.

Sage pairings:

-Sage + eggs (i.e. in an omelette).

-Sage + chicken (i.e. roast chicken with sage and lemon inside the cavity).

-Sage + lamb (i.e. in lamb burger patties).

-Sage + fried liver + croutons.

-Sage + polenta.

-Sage + onion (i.e. in stuffing).

-Sage + white beans (i.e. in white bean hummus or an open sandwich).

-Sage + apple.

-Sage + pineapple.

-Sage + roasted peanuts.

Sage uses:

-Sage butter on gnocchi.

-Sage butter on ravioli, especially pumpkin ravioli.

-Sage olive oil with pasta and parmesan.

-Sage butter on trout.

-Put some leaves into pesto with herbs.

-Add sage to duck sausage.

-Add sage to bean dishes.

-Infuse honey with sage.

-Use with parsley, rosemary and thyme in chicken risotti and soups.

-Add along with fresh parsley, basil, and rosemary to tomato sauces.

-Deep-fry the leaves and serve as an appetizer, or use as a garnish for poultry, meat dishes, or pasta.

Recipe ideas:

-Sandwich an anchovy between two leaves, batter and fry for great antipasto.

-Feta, prosciutto and sage involtini.

-Sage on asparagus with shaved pecorino.

-Lay two sage leaves over a long slice of sweet potato and wrap with a slice of prosciutto. Roast for 20 minutes or so with some olive oil (credit to Mark Bittman).

-Italian bread and cabbage soup with sage butter.

-Roast butternut squash on a thick bed of it.

-Sage and goat cheese gnocchi.

-Sweet potato gnocchi with chestnuts and fried sage.

-Put leaves on fish, wrap in prosciutte and sear in clarified butter and olive oil; finish in the oven.

-Take half a chicken breast, place 2 or 3 sage leaves on top, wrap in Parma ham, pack in foil, bake at 360 degree F. Open top side of package, pour in some dry white wine, and leave open in the oven for 20 minutes or until done.

-Wrap a flattened chicken thigh in prosciutte with leaf of sage and pan cook.

-Pan-fry chicken breasts, add sage, red onion, lemon & creme fraiche.

-Saute` chicken livers with shallots and sage, season, then add a little cream. Toss through pappardelle.

-Saute` lamb chops with sage leaf on each side.

-Saltimboca (veal, sage and prosciutto).

-Pork, sage and apple burgers.

-Mold around a piece of pork sausage (out of casing), batter and fry.

-Sage and cheddar biscuits or pumpkin sage biscuits.

-sage ice cream.

-Sage panna cotta.

Other uses:

-Freeze in ice cubes for summer drinks.

-Go native and use dry sage leftovers to purify your kitchen from evil spirits.

- Sage tea is a great remedy for sore throat.

-Sage plants give the most beautiful blooms.

SOURCE: Posted by Clotilde (Chocolate & Zucchini) - Huffington Post.