Many housewives add bay leaves during the preparation of the first course, but not everyone knows when it is best to do this.
Experienced cooks are sure that there is only one ideal moment when you should throw bay leaves into a pot of soup.
Most often, spice leaves are added when people remember that they need to do so.
This happens in the middle or at the end of cooking, and sometimes at the very beginning. No less questions arise about what to do with the bay leaf after the dish is cooked.
When to add bay leaf to soup
It is optimal to add the spice to the dish 10 minutes before it is cooked.
Leave the bay leaves in the pan for 10 minutes. This time is enough for the ingredient to perform its function and give the soup its aroma.
But it is not worth adding bay leaves to all first courses. For example, soups with flour products do well without this spice. In this case, the ingredient will only spoil the taste of the dish.
