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Last week we posted some tips for cooking with lavender (read it here).Lavender has the potential to really add some variety to your cooking, so why not give it a shot? Read on for a few great and easy lavender recipes.
Also, if you want to learn more fun recipes like the ones in this article, Check out Desserts with Herbs here.
Lavender Lemonade
The following lavender recipe was gathered from userealbutter.com:
Ingredients
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) culinary lavender
2 cups boiling water
2/3 cups fresh lemon juice (about 8 lemons)
2 cups cold water
Steps
Steep the lavender in 2 cups of boiling water for about 15 minutes
Strain the mixture and discard the lavender
Place the lavender tea and the sugar in a small saucepan and set over high heat
Stir until the sugar dissolves completely
Remove from the heat and let it cool to warm
Stir in the lemon juice
Stir in the cold water (add as little or as much as you want)
Serves 6-8 cups
Honey Lavender Ice Cream
This next lavender recipe comes from marthastewart.com:
Ingredients
2 cups whole milk
¼ cup dried lavender
1/3 cup honey
5 large egg yolks
¼ cup sugar
1 cup heavy cream
Steps
In a medium saucepan, combine milk, lavender, and honey
Bring to a boil, cover, and remove from heat
Let steep for 5 minutes
Strain mixture
Save the milk and discard the lavender
Combine the egg yolks and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer
Beat on medium-high speed until very thick and pale yellow (3-5 minutes
Return the milk into a medium saucepan
Bring to a simmer over medium low heat
Add half the milk to the milk-yolk mixture
Whisk until blended
Stir the mixture into the remaining milk
Cook over low heat while constantly stirring
Continue until the mixture is very thick
Remove the mixture from the heat
Immediately stir in the cream
Strain the mixture into a mixing bowl set in an ice-water bath
Let stand until chilled, stirring occasionally
Freeze in an ice cream maker (follow the manufacturer’s directions)
Store in a plastic container for up to 2 weeks
Lavender Syrup
The following lavender recipe was collected from about.com:
Ingredients
1 cup water
3 tablespoons fresh or dried lavender flowers
2 cups sugar
Steps
Bring water and lavender to a boil
Stir in sugar until fully dissolved
Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes
Remove from the heat and allow to cool
Strain out the lavender
Pour into bottle and store in the refrigerator
The syrup will keep for about one week
Lavender Dressing
This dressing recipe is from honestcooking.com:
Ingredients
4 tablespoons of lemon juice (half a lemon)
5 tablespoons of olive oil
½ teaspoon of sea salt
1 teaspoon of mustard
1 teaspoon of fresh lavender flowers
1 clove garlic minced
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
Steps
Add the lemon, salt, mustard, lavender, garlic, and balsamic vinegar into a bowl
Whisk the mixture
Slowly drizzle the olive oil while you are whisking
Store in the refrigerator
More Lavender Recipes!
If you enjoyed these lavender recipes, you might be interested in this book. It’s our favorite lavender recipe book, and it’s called The Lavender Cookbook.
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