Lavender Champagne Cocktail
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Ingredients:
- Lavender Simple Syrup
- Champagne, Prosecco, or other sparkling wine
- St Germaine (optional)
- Berries (optional)
In its most simple form, a lavender Champagne cocktails is just adding a splash of lavender simple syrup to a flute of champagne. If you want to get a little fancier, add a splash of St Germaine and some berries. And for an extra special touch, add a few sprigs of dried lavender to each glass.
Lavender Hot Chocolate
(Adapted from Kathy Gehrt's recipe in her book Discover Cooking with Lavender)
Ingredients
1. Pour milk into a medium saucepan on medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
2. Whisk in chocolate chips until melted.
3. Return saucepan to medium heat and whisk in cocoa powder, lavender sugar, and salt until dissolved and blended. Add vanilla.
4. Pour into mugs and top with your favorite hot cocoa topping!
Makes 3 servings
Ingredients
- 3 c preferred milk
- 1 oz semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 Tb dark cocoa powder
- 2 Tb lavender sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Pour milk into a medium saucepan on medium heat and bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
2. Whisk in chocolate chips until melted.
3. Return saucepan to medium heat and whisk in cocoa powder, lavender sugar, and salt until dissolved and blended. Add vanilla.
4. Pour into mugs and top with your favorite hot cocoa topping!
Makes 3 servings
Lemon Lavender Bourbon Toddy
(from The Lavender Cookbook by Sharon Shipley)
This will warm you up when you need it most!
Directions
1. In a large saucepan, mix the water, sugar, and lavender. Bring to a boil over high heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Cover, remove from the heat and let steep for 5 minutes.Strain out the lavender and return the liquid to the saucepan.
2. Add the lemon juice and bourbon. Bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Serve in mugs and garnish with cinnamon sticks or lemon slices.
(from The Lavender Cookbook by Sharon Shipley)
This will warm you up when you need it most!
- 6 c water
- 3 c sugar
- 1 tablespoon culinary lavender
- 4.5 c. fresh lemon juice
- 2 ¼ c bourbon
- Cinnamon sticks (garnish)
- Lemon slices (garnish)
Directions
1. In a large saucepan, mix the water, sugar, and lavender. Bring to a boil over high heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Cover, remove from the heat and let steep for 5 minutes.Strain out the lavender and return the liquid to the saucepan.
2. Add the lemon juice and bourbon. Bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Serve in mugs and garnish with cinnamon sticks or lemon slices.
Lady Jane (A Earl Grey Gin Cocktail)
Recipe found at Serenity Lavender
Serves: 1
Ingredients
Directions
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- 2 ounces earl grey tea infused gin**
- ¾ ounce lavender simple syrup
- ¾ ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
- Lavender sprig for garnish
Directions
- Add all ingredients except garnish to a cocktail shaker and shake without ice.
- Open shaker, fill with ice and shake again.
- Double strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a lavender flower.
- **To make the earl grey tea infused gin:
- Combine 1 earl grey tea bag with 2 cups gin and let sit for 2 hours. Strain into a glass bottle and use as desired.
Lavender Lemonade
- 5 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh or 1 tablespoon dried culinary lavender blooms
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Ice cubes
- Combine sugar and 2 1/2 c. water in a medium pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Add the lavender to the sugar water, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand for at least 20 minutes.
- Strain mixture and discard lavender. Pour into a pitcher. Add lemon juice and another 2 1/2 c. water. Stir well. Add Lavender sprig if desired
- Refrigerate until ready to use. Serve with lots of ice!
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