Flower Power in the Kitchen
Lavender recipes both sweet and savoury are becoming more widely used and accepted. This should not be so surprising. And culinary lavender seems to be more readily available; now that its popularity is on the increase.
After all, lavender is a member of the mint family and a very delectable aromatic herb.
Not just for filling sachets for your top drawer or growing lavenders in containers on the patio; it again shows its versatility.
Whether you are planning a gourmet meal or just an afternoon tea with friends; there are now lavender recipes for every occasion.
Calling all Lavender Lovers
If you are a keen cook and have some lavender recipes to share, please let me know and we can all enjoy sampling some more culinary lavender delights.
A lavender recipe I enjoyed
I’ll start with one of the first lavender treats I sampled and really enjoyed. A lavender Devonshire tea. For those of you who are not from the UK or other countries where this traditional afternoon tea delight is served; let me explain.
The Delights of a Devonshire Tea
A Devonshire tea comes traditionally from Devon in England. It consists of scones served with strawberry jam and clotted cream. And of course a pot of tea. Here is a lavender scone recipe for you to try and I hope you will enjoy.
LAVENDER SCONE RECIPE:
225grams/8 oz SR flour
2 level teaspoons baking powder
Pinch of salt
60grams/2 oz butter or margarine
2 teaspoons of dried culinary lavender
60grams/2 oz caster sugar
150mls/5 fluid ozs milk
- Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl
- Then rub in the butter/margarine until the consistency of fine breadcrumbs
- Using a pestle and mortar crush the culinary lavender until a fine texture
- Now add the lavender to your mixing bowl
- Add caster sugar
- Add the milk slowly; only using as much as is required to form a dough
- Turn out onto a floured board and knead lightly until the dough is smooth
- Roll out dough till it is about 2cms thick
- Using a circular cutter now cut the dough into round scone shapes
- Place the scones onto a baking tray and brush the tops with milk
- Bake in a hot oven on 220-230C, 425-450F or Gas Mark 7-8 for 10 mins or until golden brown
When cooled spread lavender scones with jam and cream. Make a pot of tea and enjoy a cuppa with your delicious lavender scones.
Have you used lavender in cooking before? Then could you please share your favourite lavender recipes for others to enjoy? Would love to hear from you.
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I’m kind of scared to try. Does it taste like it smells? Is it a strong taste?
Hi Adrienne
I enjoyed it and it depends what type of lavender you use. Should use organic English lavender and be conservative with amounts. A little is better than too much. There are heaps of recipes out there as lavender is a herb so why not use for cooking just like we use other herbs eh??!!
Patricia Perth Australia
Hello Patricia, I did not know Lavender was edible. I would assume it tastes like it smells and although I love the scent, how well does that translate flavor wise?
Thank you so much for sharing the scone recipe. To those wondering about the taste of Lavender, I’ll just add that it is WONDERFUL! I made some cool and very refreshing Lavender Sorbet during the summer. It was delicious and no, it doesn’t taste perfume-y. I posted a tutorial on my blog last summer. I’ve also seen recipes for cakes, cookies and also as a sauce or topping (syrup, sort of) to top ice cream.
I’m copying your scone recipe now and will make some today. Looking forward to trying them out.
Bon Appetite!
Hi Karen
Jennifer puts it well. I found the scones I tasted delicious. Because we often think of lavenders as a flowering plant rather than an aromatic herb which is in fact what it is; it can come as a surprise. There are heaps of recipes out there and since I began researching about the lovely lavender I have been amazed at some of the innovative cooks on the net who use lavender regularly in their cooking. I look forward to sharing more of these recipes at a later date.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Jennifer
Nice to see you back visiting and adding to the conversation. I have not made these but the scones I tasted when I enjoyed my lavender Devonshire tea were delicious.
Patricia Perth Australia
Thank you for the great post Patricia I’m going to try the scone recipe, for a moment I thought it might taste perfumey but after reading a few comments above I learned that its different hehe.
I love your idea of introducing lavender recipes in the following weeks/month, sounds pretty interesting, I like Lavender but I love learning about food lol, I cant wait.
Take Care Patricia, Thanks for sharing.
Hi Sayed
Always good to see you over here. Let me know how the recipe goes. Speak soon.
Patricia Perth Australia
I am gonna try it.Is it very tasty?
Hi Nipon
Thanks for visiting. Appreciate you taking the time to leave a question for me. I enjoyed my lavender scones. Lavender is a herb so using it in cooking is okay. Just need to make sure it is organic culinary lavender.
Patricia Perth Australia
Lol just can’t stop blushing. Awesome post. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.
Hi Samuel
Great to see you here. Glad you enjoying my posts. Keep up the good work you are producing. Speak soon.
Patricia Perth Australia
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one a little scared to use it for cooking.lol.
I’m not a big scone eater but I’ll look into other recipes.
Hi Adrienne
Neither am I but I loved my lavender Devonshire tea
There are heaps of other recipes; both sweet and savoury and if my readers are interested then I will share more in future posts. Thanks for your comment.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Pat,
Interesting. Hmm, can’t really imagine without pictures or diagrams to describe. Maybe a future recipe with some photo instructions
Thx for sharing this!
Hi Bryan
Thanks for your suggestion. Because I have enjoyed lavender Devonshire tea I assumed that others would know what I was talking about. Will do some photos with the next recipe.
Patricia Perth Australia
I worked with show horses in England about 30 years ago and every Sunday the old couple who “we girls” worked for would sit us down to a tea of scones, jam and clotted cream – but she never did anything as exciting as adding lavender to the recipe. Shame because it sound delicious.
I’d imagine you could actually flavor the clotted cream with lavender too – the way they do with vanilla pods.
Hi Dawn
Lavender has grown in popularity again and I wanted to remind my readers that it is not just a lovely flower but is in fact an aromatic herb and can be used in all different tasty recipes. Hope to do more posts on that too. Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to leave a comment.
Patricia Perth Australia
Patricia,
Wow I had no idea lavender was even edible. Very interesting stuff. Show how little some of actually know! Thanks for the share!
I didn’t know lavender was edible either; freaky! The again, I also don’t know what a scone is, but it doesn’t seem like it’s meat. lol
Hi Mitch
I will have to put some photos up so you get the idea. Although maybe not…..the blood sugars would certainly rise if you samples these lol
Thanks for visiting and taking time to comment Mitch.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Steve
Glad you could visit and took the time to comment on my blog. Thanks
Good to know I’m educating all you guys about the lovely lavenders many uses. It’s an aromatic herb so yes it definitely is edible
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Patricia,
The scones sound yummy! And perfect for little ones!
Lately I have been giving my 3 year old a massage after her nightly bath using a blend of oil with some lavender and callandula in it. I have found she sleeps so much better when doing this.
Thought I would pop by after visiting Terry’s blog.
I am a fellow Aussie. Just the other side of the continent!
Cheers
Jacinta
Hi Jacinta
Thanks for visiting. I have seen you post on other blogs and it great to have you over here visiting my blog and taking the time to comment too. Always nice to bump into a fellow Aussie in the blogosphere
I am going to be doing product reviews shortly as I have just managed to source some beautiful chemical free lavender products from a local lavender farm. Has taken me awhile to find what I wanted to sell but it has been worth the wait. Hope you can visit again.
Patricia Perth Australia
I love scones with clotted cream. Can’t get clotted cream in the rural area I live in. Can’t cook, either, so that isn’t really a problem. I will have to prevail upon a friend who is a gourmet cook to make these so I can try them.
Hi Stephanie
Have a few recipes I want her to try before I share them. I’d rather be growing the food to cook. Thanks for coming over to visit. Appreciate your input.
I have a friend who is a brilliant cook too
Patricia Perth Australia
I have always wondered how a scone is made. I’ve only ever seem them for sale at Starbucks. That sounds interesting. Looking at the recipe with such little liquid now I see how they are so heavy.
We had scones with jam and clotted cream at the Tower of London a few years ago. We’ve been making our own scones ever since. Will definitely give your recipe a try. Thanks!
Hi Melinda
Scones cooked correctly should be light. I have read about some scone recipes in America and they appear to be heavier than our scone recipes.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Charles
Good to see you embracing this oh so English treat and enjoying it
Patricia Perth Australia
I am intrigued now. I live in Texas. Where would I get culinary lavender? I have never seen it at the grocery store in the spice racks and would not know where to get it. Dallas is an hour and a half, and they might have some at Whole Foods there, but an internet source that ships it to the house would be better. Do you know one you recommend?
Just popped back because I see some discussion on the lightness of scones. Now I am not the world’s greatest cook but I do pride myself on making nice light scones.
The secret – use buttermilk as your liquid and handle the dough as little as possible. Just knead it very lightly – only enough to make it hold together.
Hi Dawn
You are so right they should be nice and light. You are obviously a good cook too
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Stephanie
You should be able to source some through a lavender farm. I know there are a few in Texas but if you can’t find any email or DM me and I will get you some. You sound keen to try the lovely lavender in cooking I will help you do just that
Patricia Perth Australia
I saw them using Lavender in recipes whilst watching Masterchef! Clearly not something for me to try cooking with, especially ocnsidering that it takes me 7 minutes to make maggi 2 minute noodles!!
(maybe they would taste good with Lavender?)
Have you optimised posts for MasterChef and lavender?
THink you should!
Hi Alex
Too funny I have had a few comments from others whose expertise is more along the lines of SEO and keywords than cooking
I was disappointed when they didn’t make more use of lavender in their recipes during that Masterchef challenge. Thought I would pick up some really good recipes to share.
Thanks for visiting and taking time to comment.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Patricia:
Here I am to add one more to your growing comments team. Scones are great, I wonder how will Lavender taste in it. Did you make it and eat it? Because I just want to know the flavor before I make it. I have a feeling it could be a little like lemon. If I remembered, next time shopping I will look for culinary Lavender.
I am sure there is more to come from where you are going and I am eager to know new things.
Congrats and good luck to you in your new venture.
Fran
Is there a difference between culinary lavender and the lavender that grows in my vegetable garden?
Hi Fran
You will be easy to find and my favourite colour is blue. The scones I had made for me were light and delicious. The only mistake people can make is using too much lavender that would then spoil the flavour.
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Yes, I have heaps more topics to cover and more recipes to share.
In 2 weeks I should have my products up in a nice format. Spoke to the techie/web designer yesterday so it’s all go at the moment.
Always nice to see you visiting Fran. Thanks for your input to my blog. Much appreciated.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Maybelline
Welcome to my blog. Great to have you visiting. I checked out your site; some lovely photos. Here in Australia culinary lavender is usually from English lavender. You need to know it is organic as you wouldn’t want to be ingesting pesticides! Some lavender species are more suitable for cooking and that’s what is used in this recipe. Some lavenders are only suitable in the garden as hedges. If you have a different species in your garden let me know.
Patricia Perth Australia
This sounds delightful.
I love tea!
How very British Rose
I love tea and the scones are delicious too.
Patricia Perth Australia
Hi Patricia,
This is my first visit, and I must say WOW! You site is so pleasing, with all the lavender here. May be I feel that way because it is one of my favorite colors, but nevertheless, I can see beauty in what you are doing here
I never knew lavender is edible. Is it just the fragrance it would add, or does it have anything to do with medicinal use?
I’ll see you around…
Cheers,
Mark
Hi Mark
Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and comment on my site. I have just noticed you popping up on sites I visit too. Will go over and check out your site. Lavender is actually an aromatic herb; one of the mint family so can be used in savoury and sweet dishes. It is becoming more popular with chefs and is being used more widely by adventurous cooks too. I love blogging about the lovely lavender and I’m glad you enjoyed visiting. Hope to see you here again.
Patricia Perth Australia
Mint family? Wow! I hardly knew anything about lavender!
Well, I’m sure to come around every now and then. I can see a wealth of knowledge in your passion for this niche. Way to go, Patricia!
Glad to be educating you on this amazing aromatic herb. I have a few of my regular readers planting lavenders in their gardens since reading my blog so the word is getting out about the lovely lavender and I’m glad.
Patricia Perth Australia
Well, well, I’m going to be your humble student. Boy, did I tell you I love gardening (though I have hardly been making time for it)? I’m going to resurrect the gardener in me and go get some lavender to plant in a flower pot (is a pot a bad idea?). Now I have to see where I can find lavender seeds.
Hey, hey hey! Idea! Why don’t you start a series of posts teaching people how to go about planting lavender in their garden or flower pots? I’m sure it would be a great hit!
Hi Mark
I must apoligise for not answering this sooner. Somehow I missed this post when I was checking them.
If you are a beginner gardener it is better to buy potted lavender from a reliable garden centre. Growing from seed is much harder and you wouldn’t want to be put off now would you?!
I have written posts on growing lavenders if you want to check them out. Some of them were early on so I may take up your suggestion and do some updates and more detailed posts on growing lavenders as I have had some other requests for posts on this subject from regular readers of my blog.
Thanks for joining in the conversation and happy gardening Mark.
Patricia Perth Australia
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