Today (First Sunday May) is International Lemon Day!
To celebrate it, here is a lemon based recipe.
If you have lavender growing in your garden, this is a wonderful way to sprinkle some floral flavor into your life. Also, food grade lavender flowers can be purchased from most bulk spice departments or grocery stores.
Lavender Lemonade Recipe
Ingredients:
•lavender flowers from about 30 stalks (if you don’t have access to fresh lavender, you can purchase food-grade lavender and use about 6 tablespoons)
•6 cups water
•2 cups sugar
•juice of 4 lemons
•1 lemon, thinly sliced for garnish
Directions:
1.Put the 6 cups of water in a large pan with the 2 cups of sugar and bring to a boil.
2.In the meantime, rinse the lavender and cut off the excess stalks/stems.
3.When the water reaches a boil, turn it off – take it off the heat and add the lavender flowers and let sit and cool to about room temperature.
4.Add lemon juice to the flavored water and stir thoroughly.
5.Strain out lavender flowers and reserve them for garnish along with the lemon slices.
6.Do not add ice until you serve or you will water it down.
Enjoy!
Danie
