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Lavender Scones
Scones and Lavender, what could be more quintessentially British! This recipe makes an incredibly light dough, mainly due to the sour cream. They are simply luxury on a plate especially with a Lavender Honey Cream filling.
1 1/2 cups plain flour
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees
In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
Turn the scone dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently, this won’t take long and you don’t want to break the dough down to much so knead for about 1- 15 seconds (you’ll feel its enough!).
You want to make a large flat rectangle about 3 or 4 centimetres thick. Now select the amount of scones you want to make, you could probably make 6 out of this mix or 4 big ones (depends on how greedy your feeling!).
Using a butter or palette knife cut the scones out and place them on a greased non stick tray.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Honey Lavender Cream
Meanwhile you are going to need a filling, and this cream is going to do it!!
142ml (half a standard pot of double cream)
1 tsp Dried lavender (pulsed or chopped)
4 tsp Honey
Mix together, whip into soft peaks and its done!
Once the scones have cooled to just warm, gently slice and add lashings of the perfumed cream..
Serve immediately and try not to eat all of them at once!
Scones and Lavender, what could be more quintessentially British! This recipe makes an incredibly light dough, mainly due to the sour cream. They are simply luxury on a plate especially with a Lavender Honey Cream filling.
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 cup Sugar
1 cup Sour Cream
1 tsp Dried Lavender flowers
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees
In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together.
Then simply add the sour cream and stir with a large spoon until the dry ingredients are holding together (if the mixture is a little crumbly add a very small splash of water.
Turn the scone dough out onto a floured surface and knead gently, this won’t take long and you don’t want to break the dough down to much so knead for about 1- 15 seconds (you’ll feel its enough!).
You want to make a large flat rectangle about 3 or 4 centimetres thick. Now select the amount of scones you want to make, you could probably make 6 out of this mix or 4 big ones (depends on how greedy your feeling!).
Using a butter or palette knife cut the scones out and place them on a greased non stick tray.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
.....................................................
Honey Lavender Cream
Meanwhile you are going to need a filling, and this cream is going to do it!!
142ml (half a standard pot of double cream)
1 tsp Dried lavender (pulsed or chopped)
4 tsp Honey
Mix together, whip into soft peaks and its done!
Once the scones have cooled to just warm, gently slice and add lashings of the perfumed cream..
Serve immediately and try not to eat all of them at once!
Iced Rose Tea, Lime Blossom Tea, Lavender Hot Chocolate - Recipes
What could be more luxurious than making delicious drinks from flowers. Not just healthy drinks, but simply divine drinks! Why not spoil yourself, forage some flowers and create one of these fantastic hot or cold beverages!
Lime Blossom Tea
Lime blossom, also commonly known as linden, is an ideal herb whenever a relaxing effect is needed. With its sweet, clean aroma, lime blossom tea is a soothing remedy for a hard day, a difficult week, or a troubling year.
How to Make Lime Blossom Tea
To make lime blossom tea, pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of the dried flowers. For a strong enough diaphoretic effect for fevers, use two teaspoons. Let the tea steep for about ten minutes, covered. Drink lime blossom tea three times a day while treating nervous tension, hypertension, or a cold or flu, or as a relaxing night cap enjoy a cup at the end of the day.
Iced Rose Tea
Like the rose hips, the petals of the rose flowers also have numerous medical uses. They are presumed to be both healing and calming and can cleanse the pallet as well invigorating the nervous system.
How to make Iced Rose Tea
Lavender Hot Chocolate
How to make Lavender Hot Chocolate
• 1 Bar Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao)
In a saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat (don’t let it catch on the bottom of the pan!). Turn off the heat, cover the pan, add the lavender, and steep in the hot milk for 3 to 5 minutes, keep checking the flavor for your desired strength. Strain the milk through a tea strainer. Now, here’s an even more fun bit.. Take the still wrapped chocolate bar and smash it on the worktop, taking turns at both ends, undo one end of the wrapper and pour the smashed chocolate into the warm milk. Over a low heat whisk the milk vigorously until the chocolate is melted and the mixture froths (if you lie a sweeter mix add a little sugar now). Pour equal amounts into 4 small mugs or as I like it 2 huge mugs! Top each with the whipped cream, and why not sprinkle some chopped pistachios and a few more flowers over the top too!
The last one was a little less healthy than the first two but hey… Live a little and enjoy these little gifts from nature!
Lime Blossom Tea
Lime blossom, also commonly known as linden, is an ideal herb whenever a relaxing effect is needed. With its sweet, clean aroma, lime blossom tea is a soothing remedy for a hard day, a difficult week, or a troubling year.
How to Make Lime Blossom Tea
To make lime blossom tea, pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of the dried flowers. For a strong enough diaphoretic effect for fevers, use two teaspoons. Let the tea steep for about ten minutes, covered. Drink lime blossom tea three times a day while treating nervous tension, hypertension, or a cold or flu, or as a relaxing night cap enjoy a cup at the end of the day.
Iced Rose Tea
Like the rose hips, the petals of the rose flowers also have numerous medical uses. They are presumed to be both healing and calming and can cleanse the pallet as well invigorating the nervous system.
How to make Iced Rose Tea
Press dried rose petals and a few fresh into a tea pot and cover securely. Pour boiling water into a pot and let brew to the desired strength.
Strain the tea into a tall jug and refrigerate for an hour or so. When ready to drink simply serve in a tall glass with ice and a few fresh rose petals.
Lavender like the two flowers above is also known for its health benefits. Its aroma is believed to benefit anxiety and insomnia. Its oil is used as an antiseptic agent and it is also used as a relaxant, carminative, and sedative in aromatherapy. This recipe is a little naughty, but hey surely the health benefits out way the naughtier bits??
How to make Lavender Hot Chocolate
• 3 cups of Full Fat Milk
• 2 teaspoons lavender (good English Lavender)• 1 Bar Dark Chocolate (70% Cacao)
• A little cream (whipped lightly – Lavender honey cream if you have it)
In a saucepan, bring the milk to a simmer over medium heat (don’t let it catch on the bottom of the pan!). Turn off the heat, cover the pan, add the lavender, and steep in the hot milk for 3 to 5 minutes, keep checking the flavor for your desired strength. Strain the milk through a tea strainer. Now, here’s an even more fun bit.. Take the still wrapped chocolate bar and smash it on the worktop, taking turns at both ends, undo one end of the wrapper and pour the smashed chocolate into the warm milk. Over a low heat whisk the milk vigorously until the chocolate is melted and the mixture froths (if you lie a sweeter mix add a little sugar now). Pour equal amounts into 4 small mugs or as I like it 2 huge mugs! Top each with the whipped cream, and why not sprinkle some chopped pistachios and a few more flowers over the top too!
The last one was a little less healthy than the first two but hey… Live a little and enjoy these little gifts from nature!
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