Drinks and snacks with lavender taste like holidays
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Are you longing for holidays and the lavender fields of Provence? We show five simple and pretty food and drink creations with lavender that let you enjoy the benefits of the medicinal plant.
Uses of lavender in the kitchen
Most people associate lavender with cosmetics and aromatherapy. However, its aroma is quite similar to that of rosemary: bitter to spicy. That is why lavender, like edible flowers , is also popular in the kitchen.
Young leaves and soft shoots of lavender are suitable for refining dishes such as stew, lamb, fish, poultry, sauces and soups. Small amounts also give salads that certain something.
Avant-garde cuisine uses it in desserts. Dose lavender sparingly, because it is very flavorful. The dried spice, packed airtight and protected from light, will keep for six to nine months.
1. Lavender Madeleines
Lavender madeleines are a good start. For them, flour, icing sugar, baking powder, dried lavender, honey, salt and butter are mixed with egg white to form a dough.
Let the dough chill in the fridge for two hours or overnight, then bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes as noted in the recipe above. Read More…
