What Can You do with Lavender Powder©
What Can You do with
Lavender Powder©
Arlene Wright-Correll
Lavender powder is used in cosmetics, soap, and skincare for
the following properties simply because it is anti-inflammatory plus being
antiseptic, antibacterial, toning, and healing.
Lavender powder works very well to treat acne and oily skin
to say nothing of eczema and psoriasis.
At Home Farm Herbery we discovered that Lavender Flower
Powder can be used in bath tea formulas.
When we started by experimenting we discovered that Lavender flowers
are most commonly used in dessert recipes.
However as we progressed in cooking with lavender, we discovered
it was also an outstanding addition to savory recipes. Like
rosemary, lavender can add a robust flavor to roasted meats and is
especially good with lamb.
In the home making world we discovered that certain natural
substances can actually completely destroy and repel bed bug infestations
and typically used in aromatherapy, lavender oil is one such
repellent. To keep the bed bugs away, use lavender, which many
people like the smell of! You should use this while you are ironing or rinsing
your laundry.
We found that the best tasting edible lavenders
are the ones with the sweetest perfume. Home Farm Herbery’s English lavender is
extremely popular as culinary lavender. This is often sold as Lavandula
angustifolia, but it's sometimes sold as Lavandula officinalis or Lavandula
Vera and we simply list it as true English lavender.
At first Home Farm Herbery used larger lavender cultivars because
it was best for attracting bees, and then we discovered varieties from fragrant
white to luscious dark purple.
When you are cooking with Lavender you will discover it has
a particular affinity for dairy and that means that adding it to ice cream,
custards, hot chocolate, shortbread cookies, or butter-rich frostings works
brilliantly.
Dried lavender is something that you can purchase and keep
in your spice rack for years,
Lavender Key Lime Sorbet
Serves: 8
Skill level: Appropriate for all
Ingredients:
Skill level: Appropriate for all
Ingredients:
6 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
½ cup Key Lime Juice
Combine water, sugar, and lavender in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain liquid in a bowl and discard lavender. Return liquid to the saucepan. Add lemon peel and boil 2 minutes. Pour into a glass dish and stir in limejuice. Chill until cold. Freeze for 4 hours. Then transfer to a food processor and puree quickly. Return to glass dish and re-freeze for 2 hours and re-process and freeze again for 2 or more hours.
Lavender Foccacia
Foccacia with Lavender Garlic Topping
Makes: 8 Servings
Skill Level: Appropriate for all
Ingredients:
Makes: 8 Servings
Skill Level: Appropriate for all
Ingredients:
Dough:
1(1/4 oz.) envelope active dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar or honey
1 2/3 cups warm water (110 to 115 degrees)
5 cups all-purpose flour plus additional for kneading
2 teaspoons salt
¼ cup olive oil
Topping:
Topping:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon coarse salt (sea or kosher)
¼ teaspoon black pepper
In a small bowl, combine sugar or honey in about half of the
tepid water (110-115 degrees Fahrenheit). Sprinkle the yeast over the mixture
and let the stand until foamy, 5 to 8 minutes.
You can combine the flour and the yeast mixture by hand or with a mixer fitted with a dough hook. To do it by hand: On a large clean area or a very large bowl. Pour the flour and salt into a mound in the center. Make a well in the center. Pour the oil into the yeast mixture. Pour the half of the mixture into the well. With your hand make circular movements to mix the flour in with the yeast. Once half the flour has been incorporated then pour in the remaining water. Continue until all the flour has been incorporated into the mixture.
Lightly flour work surface. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it is smooth. If the dough is really sticking to your hands then put a little flour on your hands. Form the dough into a round shape and place dough in a bowl. Score the top with a knife a few times. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in a draft free room for an hour or until it rises to double in size. Knead the dough for 3 minutes and then let it rest for another hour to relax the dough. At this point you can refrigerate the dough overnight. But be sure to allow the dough to return to room temperature before putting it in the oven.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Oil a large baking sheet. Lightly flour work surface and roll out dough into a large rectangle.
Transfer dough to the baking sheet, cover with towel and let proof for 30-45 minutes or until it doubles in size. Meanwhile, make the lavender garlic topping. Mince the garlic. Finely chop the lavender. Mix garlic and lavender with olive oil.
Make dimples in the dough with your fingers by pushing into the dough several times. Brush the lavender garlic all over and into the dimples. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. You can drizzle more olive oil on top if you want. Transfer to wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
You can combine the flour and the yeast mixture by hand or with a mixer fitted with a dough hook. To do it by hand: On a large clean area or a very large bowl. Pour the flour and salt into a mound in the center. Make a well in the center. Pour the oil into the yeast mixture. Pour the half of the mixture into the well. With your hand make circular movements to mix the flour in with the yeast. Once half the flour has been incorporated then pour in the remaining water. Continue until all the flour has been incorporated into the mixture.
Lightly flour work surface. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it is smooth. If the dough is really sticking to your hands then put a little flour on your hands. Form the dough into a round shape and place dough in a bowl. Score the top with a knife a few times. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in a draft free room for an hour or until it rises to double in size. Knead the dough for 3 minutes and then let it rest for another hour to relax the dough. At this point you can refrigerate the dough overnight. But be sure to allow the dough to return to room temperature before putting it in the oven.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Oil a large baking sheet. Lightly flour work surface and roll out dough into a large rectangle.
Transfer dough to the baking sheet, cover with towel and let proof for 30-45 minutes or until it doubles in size. Meanwhile, make the lavender garlic topping. Mince the garlic. Finely chop the lavender. Mix garlic and lavender with olive oil.
Make dimples in the dough with your fingers by pushing into the dough several times. Brush the lavender garlic all over and into the dimples. Sprinkle salt and pepper on top. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. You can drizzle more olive oil on top if you want. Transfer to wire rack to cool slightly before serving.
Lavender Lemonade
Lavender lemonade can be made by steeping for 5 minutes 1/2 cup dried lavender flowers in water that has been brought to the boil. Strain and use as part of the water in making frozen lemonade.
Lavender Sugar
To make lavender sugar for tea or baking, blend in a food
processor 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers (always making sure they have
not been sprayed) with 1 cup sugar. Store in airtight container.
Lavender Jelly
2 1/4 C apple juice
1 C fresh lavender flowers (1/2 C dried)
3 1/2 C sugar
1/2 t butter
3 oz. liquid pectin
Combine apple juice and lavender flowers. Bring to boiling, turn off heat, steep 15 mins., strain. Add butter to 2 C juice infusion and make jelly, following directions on pectin package. Makes 7 4-oz. Jars
“Tread the Earth Lightly” and
in the meantime… may your day be filled with….Peace, light and love,
Arlene Wright-Correll
Remember 100%
of our profits go to St Jude's Research Hospital
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