Make cloves easy to find by studding them into onion or citrus zest
Poke cloves into a piece of onion or citrus zest so you can retrieve them easily after cooking.
Cloves are small and can disappear in a dish. Anchoring them in a larger piece of onion or citrus zest makes them easy to locate and remove.
The short version
- Studding cloves prevents them from scattering through the dish.
What goes wrong
Adding loose cloves and missing some when removing
Stud them into onion or citrus zest first.
Why it works
The larger carrier acts like a handle/marker so the cloves don’t get lost in the food.
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