I got my favorite monthly magazine in my mail today, Sunset magazine. It is gardening, food, travel.. living in the west.
In this issue, there is a link to a website for a lavender farm in Oregon, the state to the north of me. People have weddings there, probably lovely...check out the pictures, recipes, landscape of her farm. This scone recipe is from the Sunset kitchens, which I have visited. There is another lavender scone recipe on this website.
Prep and Cook Time: 1 1/4 hours. Notes: Culinary lavender is available at specialty food stores.
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon dried culinary lavender
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup (5 1/3 tbsp.) butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest
1. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring milk and lavender to a simmer. Transfer to a small bowl and let steep 15 minutes, then cover and chill for about 45 minutes. Strain milk and set aside; discard lavender.
2. Preheat oven to 375°. In a food processor, whirl flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add butter and lemon zest and pulse to form a coarse meal. Add lavender-infused milk and pulse to form a shaggy dough. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead 3 to 5 times.
3. Form dough into a 6-in. circle. Cut into 6 wedges. Arrange wedges 2 in. apart on a baking sheet and bake until golden, 20 to 25 minutes.
Thank you for this Maureen, I wonder what they taste like...maybe relax you a little
I also like the way the recipe is in cups, teaspoons etc as we are metric down here and I have never converted...
We have a state down here off the mainland called Tasmania and there are acres and acres ( metric: hectres and hectres) of lavender.
They make a lot of lavender oil there. A Beautiful state, it reminds me of England.
Have you ever seen the white lavender? I have and I am not fussed on it.
Hi jools... I found out today the first lavender in my pics the other day that I posted here is French lavender. I also saw Jagged Lavender today... it has jagged leaves as the name suggests, and dark blue flowers. I have never seen white lavender. What size is that variety?
Maureen it grows like the French Lavender , as you would probably know a few Lavenders do not grow that tall..I was told the white one doesnt grow tall..
The flower on the white lavender is slightly smaller. May its just me but I prefer the mauve/purple lavender.
With a few of the lavenders I have come across over the years, the flower has no perfume but the leaves do.
Hello jools... I prefer anything purple or a shade of lol! The lavenders I have are several years old now, they grow about 2 ft tall including the flower stems.
I cut several stems of the flowers, and dry them and put them in my bedroom. It is supposed to help you calm and sleep. I try to remember that on nights I'm awake at 2 am lol!
I'm the same Maureen I mix lavender with my other flowers and made a couple of bunchs and tie them with rafia and hang them up side down on my ladder that hangs (horizontal) from the ceiling above my servery in the kitchen and they dry out nicely, adds a real country look to
have always been enchanted with the smell of lavender--interesting that it can be used for food. the lavender oil must be really nice. does anyone use it for their bath?
my hot-aroma therapy-sit down-relaxing baths are about the only me time i get lately: my kids won't follow me there to tattle or complain, and i have good excuse then to make them work it out however and get over it!
so it does. i think someone here mentioned about keeping certain bugs or pests away. don't suppose any of you are into holistic remedies with plants and all? i love finding info. there, too. be surprised how well the simple, old-fashioned way works sometimes.
