Rosemary in a recipe?

Question

I'm making a French Onion soup and the recipe calls for 2 Rosemary Sprigs. So I from what I know... I have to take them off the stems and throw them in.

But at the end of the recipe it says to take out the rosemary stalks....so are they saying to take every single piece that is floating around in there or am I not to take them off the original stem?

Thanks

Thanks to all! =)

I've actually made this recipe before taking the rosemary off the stem but never cooked the stem and just ate the leave floating around. It tasted fine to me..I just thought that I was doing something wrong. LOL I'm having company over this weekend so I want to ensure it's perfect! Thanks again!

Answer 1

Don't take them off the stem.

Answer 2

A rosemary sprig is a piece of the branch-which includes the stem and needles. Throw the whole thing in. the needles will fall off while cooking. Remove the stem, but leave everything that fell off of it.

Answer 3

Try this trick....Use a piece of cheesecloth and tie up the 2 stems of rosemary in the cheesecloth then toss it in the soup. When the soup is done, remove the rosemary bag. Anything that falls off the stem is now in the cheesecloth and easily removed. Gives you all the flavor and takes no time to remove the stems. I use this trick for seasoning lots of things, especially involving rosemary.

Answer 4

okay so you take them off the stems and then put in all the leaves and the stems and at the end leave in the leafs but take out the stems... because the stems give flavor but you cant really eat them.

Answer 5

if you want to leave them in its ok ,but they mean to not take them off the stalk,if you want put them in a small bag or just leave them floating its not going to hurt anything ,,,,,,,i just have never used it in mine so thats a new one on me good luck