Toronto home cook Lizet Catita shares her recipe for Portuguese sweet bread with anise. July 30, 2012. July 30, 2012. 1 min read. Save. New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard ...

1/3 cup sugar . 2 heaping teaspoons anise seeds . 1 tablespoon water . 1½ tablespoons roasted sesame seeds . 1. Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 375 ...

Instructions: Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a bread or loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, cream butter with sugar until fluffy. Add lemon zest, anise ...

The other was six or so tiny butter sandwiches on my mother’s anise bread. The bread was a high, oblong loaf shining from egg glaze and redolent of liquorice, which I despised as a child.

Star anise is a striking spice, both in appearance and taste. In Cantonese, it is called bat gok (eight angles, or corners), although it sometimes has more or fewer than eight points making up the ...