Vanns Spices Dill Seed
Vanns Spices was founded in Baltimore, MD in 1981 to provide premium quality seasoning blends and spices for the professional chef and cooking enthusiast. Guided by our commitment to great taste, health and sustainability, Vanns continues to scour the world in search of unusual spices and to develop new products.
- Dill is indigenous to the Mediterranean region and southern Russia.
- Dill Seed, is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. Other members of this family include carrots and parsley.
- Dill seed is also known as American dill, dilly, European dill and seed dill.
- Dill Seed is not technically a seed, but the flat, oval, dark brown whole fruits of the herb.
- Dill Weed refers to the leaf and stem of the plant.
- The dill plant is one of those rare plants that produces both an herb and a spice. Although part of the same plant, dill seed and dill weed have such different flavor profiles that chefs would never substitute one for the other!
- Dill seed is popular in German, Indian, Russian and Scandinavian cuisine, Indonesian and Malaysian meat dishes, are used in condiments in Asia and in breads in Sweden.
- In the US, they are most frequently used in pickling.
- While Dill Seed and Dill Weed are used in completely different ways, they also sometimes are paired together most notably in pickling, salad dressings, sauces and vinegars.
- Dill Seed is good with cabbage, onion, potatoes and pumpkin and can also be sprinkled over casseroles before baking.
- Works well in combination with chili powder, coriander seed, cumin, garlic, ginger, mustard seed and turmeric.
