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Native to the Mediterranean region, Lavender today is grown around the globe for use in cooking, for decorative purposes and it is prized for its aromatic oils.
Our Organic Lavender is sourced in France and is very potent and can quickly overpower a recipe so it should be used sparingly. Lavender has an intense, spicy and sweetly floral aroma with mint and lemon undertones. The taste has a touch of camphor with a hint of bitterness. Lavender flowers are most commonly found in dessert recipes, but as you become more comfortable cooking with this herb, you’ll quickly find that it is also a spectacular addition to savory foods. Lavender, like rosemary, adds a robust flavor to roasted meats and is particularly good with chicken, lamb, pheasant and rabbit. In France, Lavender is used in combination with the Mediterranean herbs thyme, savory and rosemary in a savory blend called Herbs de Provence. In Morocco it may be found in some recipes of Ras El Hanout. For use in desserts we like to grind a few Lavender flowers along with some sugar into a fine powder – this provides for optimum flavor as the grinding process breaks down the buds while the sugar absorbs the aromatic essential oils. This is especially good with blackberries, blueberries, cherries, plums and strawberries. Some like to scatter the petals over cake as a decoration. You can also experiment with this flavor by steeping the lavender flowers in warm milk, cream, sugar syrups or wine to flavor desserts or sorbets. Lavender homemade ice cream is heavenly and we have also enjoyed it in chocolate mousse. We also carry a growing selection of Organic Herbs and Spices as well as several Organic Spice Sets that are equally wonderful as gifts for someone else or even yourself. |
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