And who says Lavender is just a nice smell?
I want to share something a friend shared with me today on Facebook...why? Because we get stuck into the ideas of what we can make to treat ourselves and others...the typical: we get zucchini and "poof!" we make zucchini bread, nothing wrong with that, but it's 'typical'...so this is out of the ordinary and worth a look see:
Lavender Tea Bread-
Ingredients:
3/4 cup milk
2 Tbsp. dried lavender flowers, finely chopped, or 3 Tbsp. fresh
chopped flowers
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Heat milk with lavender almost to a boil, then steep until cool.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt together in bowl.
In another bowl cream butter and gradually add sugar, then eggs,
one at a time, beating until light and fluffy.
Add flour mixture alternately with lavender milk, in three
parts. Mix until batter is just blended, do not overbeat.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then
remove to a wire rack to cool. When completely cool, drizzle with a simple
sugar glaze or sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Garnish with sprigs of fresh
lavender.
Serve this with a nice chardonnay, or Riesling. Going Non Alcoholic? I would personally pair this with lemon ice tea to help augment the flavor of the lavender, bringing out some more interesting subtile details.
Enjoy!
