EDIT: Nothing like presetting all the monthly recipes to take care of the posting so I can lecture prep and realizing that it never happened 2 months into the process. So if you were expecting these recipes to post during the month for your enjoyment, I am sorry. If you want to find the recipes which have now posted, try out the links below in the theme list.
Flowers are great in all kinds of foods and beverages. I make a Lavender Collins during my Mocktails
program that is super poplar and when I found this recipe for a cocktail made
with steeped chamomile, I thought the two of them would be the perfect addition
to the monthly theme of Edible Flowers. For
more Edible Flower recipes, check out the details at the bottom of the post.
Lavender Collins
1 ½ oz
lavender infused juice (infused vodka) (one shot)
3/4
oz fresh squeezed lemon juice (half shot)
1/5
oz tonic syrup or tonic water (1/3 shot)
2
dashes of floral bitters (optional)
3
oz. soda water or sparkling water (2 Shots)
Ice
Garnish: Mint spring,
lemon wheel, or lavender petals for garnish
Make
lavender infusion:
Substitute Vodka infusion- 2 cups white grape juice with a squeeze of ½ a lime
added. Stir in ¼ cup lavender flower
buds. Infuse in the refrigerator for 24
hours before straining out the lavender to serve in the cocktail. This cannot keep longer than 1 week so do not
make too much in advance.
Alcohol
alternative:
To make the vodka infusion - place half a cup of lavender petals in a 750 ml
bottle of vodka. You’ll need to remove about ½ cup of vodka to make room for
the flowers. The color will start to transfer to the vodka almost immediately,
but we suggest allowing it to sit up to 72 hours for maximum results. Leave it
in a cool dry cupboard while it’s infusing. Strain and use until gone (will not
spoil.) Strain using cheese cloth or fine mesh sieve. Coffee filters work as
well, but take more time.
To
make cocktail:
Place juices, tonic and bitters in a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a Collins glass. Add three ounces
of chilled soda and top with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig, lemon wheel, or
lavender petals.
Chamomile Iced Martini
2 oz
Gin (want a Gin substitute – see this post)
1 Tbls
Chamomile tea (make with 1 tsp chamomile flowers steeped in 1 cup of hot water)
1
Tbls Simple syrup (lemon simple syrup is tasty here)
Ice
Garnish: Lemon twist
To
make cocktail:
Combine tea, simple syrup and gin in a shaker with ice. Pour into a chilled martini glass and garnish
with a lemon twist.
Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared. This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year. To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018.
You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each month. All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2019 so you can find them all.
The themes are:
Jan 2019 – Chicken and Dumplings (CDumpsJan)
Feb 2019 - Pasta Dishes (PastaFeb)
March 2019 - Edible Flowers (FlowerMar)
April 2019 - Cajun And Creole
May 2019 - Seafood Recipes
June 2019 - Vegetarian Dishes
July 2019 - Zucchini Recipes
August 2019 - National Mustard Day – mustard recipes
September 2019 - Quiche
October 2019 - Crock Pot meals
November 2019 - Pies
December 2019 - Mocktails
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