Seeds of Paradise

[Hammy71]

Or known as grains of paradise. Do I crush these things or just dump them in whole?

 

[brewt00l]

I give them (and similar spices like peppercorns) a coarse crush with a mortar and pestle. If you don't have one, you can crush them with the bottom of a beer bottle in a flat bottomed bowl.

 

[eriktlupus]

crush em or at least crackem with a knife before throwing them into the boil

 

[Revvy]

Crush/crack. I used a mortar and pestle along with the coriander seeds for my wit. The smell was amazing.

Just like in cooking doing things like dry-roasting, rubbing dry green herbs and cracking/crushing all help to release the essential oils from them.

 

[Hammy71]

Figured I should....but didn't want to crush 'em then get the "nope". Thanks alot!!!