Herbs: Lemon Myrtle

December 15th, 2007 | Posted in Food Info, Herbs | Comments Off

Lemon Myrtle is native to the tropical and subtropical rain forest near Queensland and New South Wales. The leaves are a dark green and resemble bay leaves. Their flavor and smell is a lemon combination of lemon verbena, wild lime, lemongrass and eucalyptus.

The leaves are used dried or fresh, whole or ground. It holds it’s flavor longer than a lot of other lemon scented herbs.

Used with fish, seafood and vegetables

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