Infused in oils or fine white wine vinegar, it lends a delicate flavoring. Strained tea can easily be made into jelly, a real hit with family and friends. It makes a nice border plant with other tall basils. Use the leaves to flavor ice cream and make infusions of it to use in pickled vegetables. Salad dressings and fine herbal vinegars are enhanced by adding a few sprigs of cinnamon basil.
Genovese basil is sweeter and more delicate than other basils.
It produces well both in the garden and in pots inside or out. Its productivity and the abundance of its intensely perfumed leaves make it a perfect main-crop basil. It can be grown in small clay pots indoors or out, as the Greeks do. A small amount flavors soups, sauces, pesto, and flavored oils and vinegars. Can be used as other Basils, or for a warming tea to help ward off winter's ailments.