Star anise is subtly sweet with a slight licorice taste. “When you add star anise to a dish or drink, it gives it a whole new depth and flavor,” says Biruk Alemayehu, who owns Addis Nola, an ...

Star anise can be used whole or ground in sweet and savoury dishes. Use this fragrant spice to infuse flavour into tea, mulled wine, soup broth and even pasta sauce.

Star anise is a striking spice, both in appearance and taste. In Cantonese, it is called bat gok (eight angles, or corners), although it sometimes has more or fewer than eight points making up the ...