Chervil Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium), the garden or French chervil, is a delicate annual of the carrot family, Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus, southeastern Europe, and western Asia and spread through Europe by the Romans as a kitchen herb. It grows 30 to 60 centimeters with slender, hollow, finely grooved stems and soft, lacy, bright green leaves divided like a fern, which turn reddish as the plant ages; small umbels of tiny white flowers appear in early summer, followed by slender, beaked seeds. The leaves have a mild, sweet flavor between parsley and anise that fades with heat, which is why French cooks add it last. We extract the dried leaf.