CINNAMON (TRUE)

Cinnamon is widely used in baked goods and spice blends, as well as braising meats and poaching fruits.
In China, it is used to make sauces for meats and poultry. In India, you’ll find it in curries and rice. In Mexico and South America, cinnamon is used to flavor coffee, teas, and chocolate.

Origin: Madagascar 

Flavor/Aroma: Sweet, warm, and spicy with hints of cloves and citrus

Use: Cinnamon goes well with Almonds, apples, apricots, bananas, chocolate, coffee, lamb, poultry, rice, and sweet potatoes. Baked goods, confections, desserts, fruit, Mexican chocolate, curries, five spice powder, berbere, barbecue sauce, mole sauce, poached fruit, and lamb, roast meats