Lavender tastes good and smells good too!

Posted by Margalit

I grow lavender in my garden. When I originally planted it, I had been in France and saw the acres and acres of lavender growing in the southern part of the country. I was enthused about the smell of lavender, but not really very familiar with the taste. When a friend told me about this recipe, I decided to try cooking with my dried lavender buds. Yum is all I can say.

Lemon-Lavender Custards

2C milk
2T sugar
11/2t dried lavender buds
3 eggs
1/3C purchased lemon curd - unless you have the time to make your own
1t vanilla
lavender buds for garnish

Heat oven to 325'
In saucepan combine first 3 ingr
Stir over low heat until it simmers around edge
Remove from heat and strain
In bowl whisk eggs, lemon curd and vanilla
Gradually whisk hot mixture into eggs
Divide mixture into 6 - 6oz ramekins and place in baking dish and pour boiling water around cups to depth of 1inch
Bake for 40min
Cool for 1 hour, cover and chill for 2hrs

Remove from cups and serve

TAGS: Custard, Lavender, Lavender Lemon Custard
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