I know that lavender blossoms are part of Herbes de Province...?

... used for culinary purposes.



Do you ever use them in your cuisine?

I know that lavender blossoms are part of Herbes de Province...?
I have never cooked with them, but I have eaten Lavender Cake. Lavender is a speciality here in the UK in the county of Norfolk. Lavender Cake is divine! The cake itself has little lavender flowers in, which make it taste a bit like seed cake, and the icing is flavoured with lavender, and it's very sweet and fragrant.



Another Norfolk speciality is Lavender bread. I have never tried this, however.



Here are some links to some interesting recipes:





http://www.hopshop.co.uk/lavenderrecipes...



http://www.picnic-fayre.co.uk/html/produ...





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Reply:It's herbes de Provence! No, I dry them and put them in my linen cupboard.
Reply:Actually, I just came across a recipe for Lavender Vanilla cookies at www.mccormick.com. I thought they would be interesting to try, but finding lavender would be difficult for me. It's not something my grocery store keeps in stock.



I used to have a lavender plant and never knew what to do with the blossoms, besides make sachets out of them.
Reply:I use them all the time. It has a very strong taste that I like.

I use it in a dish I basically made up

Chicken cubes fried in olive oil.

Onion (sliced)

garlic cloves (sliced)

tin of chopped tomatoes.

Herbes de Provence. (teaspoon or so)

add Oragano %26amp; basil to taste (pesto is a good source of the basil, about a teaspoon)

Simmer for 15mins



Serve on Penne.



Mmmmm.... nice. The herbes de Provence really adds a bite thats nice.



Edit: about the lavander. as far as i can see there's not any in. mine says it's a blend of bay leaves, sage, parsley, thyme %26amp; rosemary.

no lavander there...

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