Cinnamon
PantryIf there’s one smell the festive season is associated with, it has to be cinnamon. Baked apples, mulled wine, biscuits…delicious. But this hard-working holiday favorite isn’t just for the festive season. Year round, it can be used to add earthy depth to savory dishes like stews and soups, or to inject some delicious scents into your baking. There are two main types of cinnamon, both of which come from the dried inner bark of trees from the Lauraceae family. The two varieties are harvested differently, grow in different places, and have different tastes and scents. They also have vastly different price points. The one you can buy easily and cheaply in most supermarkets is Cassia, and is grown across China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The area in which it was grown and harvested has a slight impact on the taste, with Indonesian being the sweetest. Ceylon is also known as Sri Lankan cinnamon. It’s sweeter and lighter in color, harder to find in your local stores, and significantly more expensive because it’s harder to grow and produce. It’s considered “true” cinnamon and is the most sought-after. It's worth tasting the different varieties to see which you like best, but if you’ll be using it mainly for baking and cooking combined with other strong ingredients, Cassia will likely be completely fine. Ground cinnamon and cinnamon powder are the same thing, although in some places powder might be slightly finer. In both instances though, the full sticks are simply ground up until they’re a fine powder. They’re easy to incorporate into recipes which require more than just an infusion of cinnamon sticks, and you’ll often find powder in baking recipes.
Cinnamon nutrition and vitamin info per 100g
| Energy | 247.3699951171875 | kcal |
| Total Fat | 1.2400000095367432 | g |
| Carbohydrate Total | 80.58999633789062 | g |
| Sugars | 2.1700000762939453 | g |
| Protein | 3.990000009536743 | g |
| Sodium | 10 | mg |
| Fiber | 53.099998474121094 | g |
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Dan OgradyYou can sprinkle cinnamon on pastries to make it have better flavour.
Samsung FoodCinnamon can be used in savory dishes with chicken and lamb.
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Ideal to sprinkle on top of your hot drinks.
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You can add ground cinnamon before baking or cooking your recipes since it would keep its flavor and aroma.