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Fresh herbs · three recipes
Ingredient 70Fresh herbs
Ingredient 70 · Fresh herbs

Thyme

Thymus vulgaris. The aroma comes mostly from thymol. Thymol is not very volatile, so thyme survives a long braise where soft herbs do not. Add whole sprigs and remove the stalks at the end.

Item no. 70
Aisle Fresh herbs
Usual unit sprig
Recipes 3
Also called
fresh thymeThymianthyme sprigs

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Recipes using it

three
Recipe

South African Pepper Steak Pie

Shin, oxtail and tendon braised in merlot and set in their own gelatin, frozen as pucks and baked in individual puff pastry pies.

South African · Second revision · 22 OCT 2026
Preparation

Mixed-Bone Brown Stock

Roasted beef, marrow, chicken and lamb bones held at a light simmer overnight, with no salt

French · First revision · 21 OCT 2026
Recipe

Pan-Seared Duroc Pork Chop, Demi-Glace and Mustard Sauce

Dry-brined 2.5 cm chops, fat cap rendered, turned every 30 s, thyme-garlic butter baste

British · Second revision · 13 OCT 2026