Watch us create Candied Ginger with Lavender step by step. We’re starting tonight on Jan 12, 2012. We’ve cut up about three big chunks of fresh ginger, made a sugar syrup of 1 1/2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of water, and added 1/2 lemon sliced up and about 2 tablespoons of our culinary [read more...]
Sage, Lemon & Lavender Ice Cream
This makes a divine ice cream that will keep people talking for a long time. 2 C Heavy cream 1 C Milk 1/2 tsp Lavender Extract 3/4 C Sugar 1 TBL Whole Lavender 3/4 C Sage Leaves 1 1/2 TBL Lemon Zest Combine the cream, sage, lemon, and whole lavender into the cream over low heat for about 15 to [read more...]
Tourtiére with Lavender
Piece of Tourtiére Pie Ingredients – Filling 1 pound lean ground goat (can substitute beef or mixture of beef & pork) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon dried lavender 1/4 teaspoon ground sage (or 6 leaves fresh sage – chopped) ¼ cup fresh [read more...]
Chicken with Balsamic Lavender Marinade
You don’t think of lavender being a savory dish flavor, but it works really well! 2 Chicken breasts 1/2 C Soy Sauce 2/3 C Olive Oil 2 Tbl Mirin (Rice wine) 1/3 C Balsamic Vinegar 1/4 C Brown Sugar 2 Tbl finely chopped onion 2 tsp Culinary Lavender Mix all but the chicken breasts for [read more...]
Lavender Applesauce Cake
3/8 C Veg. Oil 2 C sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 C flour 1 1/2 tsp soda 1 tsp salt 3/4 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp allspice 1/2 C raisins 1 1/2 C applesauce 3 tsp lavender Icing 6 TBL butter 1 TBL cream cheese 2 C Confectioner’s sugar Preheat oven to 350 [read more...]
Roasted Lavender & Sage Fried Potatoes
Out of eggs this morning, so I wandered out to the garden to gather some spuds, onions, garlic & herbs for a mess of fried potatoes for breakfast. Pan-roasted lavender is the newest ingredient in my list and I wanted to experiment with it. Empty pan First you’ll have to learn how to pan-roast lavender. [read more...]