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Cooking With Lavender
We’ve all seen lavender scented products such as
soaps, candles, and lotions, but have you ever tried cooking with
lavender? Many top chefs are
starting to experiment with cooking with lavender, infusing its flavor
into drinks and desserts. Cooking
with lavender is a simple way to add a unique and surprising flavor to a
traditional dish. Adding lavender to a dish brings a distinctive flavor,
somewhat similar to mint.
Lavender can be very easily added to any recipe
calling for scalded milk or cream. Simply
add a teaspoon of dried or fresh lavender flowers for each pint of cream.
Scald the cream with the flowers and remove from the heat.
Cover, and let the lavender flowers steep in the cream for 10
minutes. Then strain the flowers out, and continue with the recipe’s
directions.
See the links below for a few suggestions for cooking
with lavender.
Recipe Links:
Lavender
Chocolate Tarts
Lavender Cocktail
Lavender Crème
Brulee
Lavender Honey
Ice Cream
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