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Sage advice
Herb is easy to grow and a fresh leaf is good friend to any cook
Susan's garden features several kinds of perennial sage including purple, tricolor, Berggarten and broadleaf sage. Besides enduring hot weather and staving off deer, these bushes withstand cold weather, so they can remain outdoors all year.
All sage isn't alike. Only a handful of the 80 subspecies of this bushy plant are used in cooking. Within this small group are grape, honeydew and pineapple sage, each redolent of the fruit whose name it bears. Leaving Susan's garden, I picked eight gray-green, velvety leaves from her common sage bush and headed into the kitchen where I chopped them and mixed them with softened butter, minced shallots and a pinch of salt. After chilling, I added dollops of this compound butter to the steaks we grilled for dinner.
Over the years, I simplified Giuliano's recipe to a basic flour-water coating and have served the crispy snack, drizzled with lemon juice and coarse salt, to legions of friends. Guests always rave.
Sage pesto prepared like the traditional basil sauce and drizzled over roast shoulder of veal is one example where it's impossible to imagine using dried leaves. As the smooth puree of sage and walnuts blends with the pan juices, the flavors meld into an inspired complement to the fork-tender meat.
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