Tarragon is a delicate herb with a pungent, bittersweet that is often compared to licorice, anise, and fennel. It is indispensable in French cooking, often referred to as the "King of Herbs", where it is used mostly in fish, poultry and egg dishes. It is essential in Béarnaise sauce and is one of four ingredients in the French herb mixture fines herbes, which also includes chives, parsley, and chervil.

All about Tarragon Leaf, Dried Herb

What it’s like, and how to make it

HeatNo heat
CuisineFrench & european
Best forSaute pan frying, finishing
Goes inDips sauces, salads dressings, eggs breakfast
WithChicken, fish seafood, eggs, rabbit, upland birds
What’s in ittarragon leaf

How to use it

Béarnaise sauce starts here — this is the herb that defines it. The cornerstone of French fines herbes (tarragon + chervil + parsley + chives). Stir into tarragon chicken, tarragon vinegar, or Dijon-tarragon dressing. A teaspoon in scrambled eggs is a revelation. Narrow but deep — tarragon does a few things perfectly.

  • Illustration: Tarragon Leaf with Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1836
  • Illustration: Tarragon Chicken, made with Tarragon Leaf
  • Illustration: Fines Herbes Omelette, made with Tarragon Leaf
  • Illustration of Tarragon Leaf in The Tea & Spice Shoppe bag and jar, with Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1836
  • Tarragon Leaf - The Tea & Spice Shoppe

What it goes with

Here's the surprise: tarragon's strongest tea bridge isn't through its anise character but through β-ionone, a violet-floral compound it shares with black tea at character-defining levels. Brew our Darjeeling or Keemun alongside béarnaise — the floral resonance is genuine. Our Masala Chai bridges through shared eugenol.

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On its own, this is the straight thing. Read about Tarragon →

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